While in Rotorua we attended a Mauri (pronouced Mowry) cultural experience. The Mauri people were the first to arrive on New Zealand a couple of hundred years ago. No one knows exactly where they came from because they had no written language, but presumably they orginated somewhere in the Polynesian islands. They were (and still are to a certain extent) very tribal, but all speak the same language. The show they did for us showed us their welcoming ceremony, and then some of the games and songs they used to train the younger ones for battle and life in general. It was a good show, and very informative.
One of the women in the show.
The Mauri chief. If you can see it in this small picture, he is actually uncovered (naked) in the back, but has tatoos from just above his knees to his waist. Later he described the history and reasons for the tatoos. It was actually very interesting and tasteful although a little shocking at first.
Some of the young Mauri men in a canoe.
Our view of Lake Wakatipu from our hotel room in Queenstown. This lake is 22 miles long.
Another view from our room of the Remarkables mountain range in the background.
Queenstown with a small beach, trees, and the Remarkables mountain range in the background.
The evening sun on the Remarkables mountains, with the city and lake in the shadows.
We arrived in Queenstown around 4:30 pm local time and it was a gorgeous day, so we walked down to the pier area of the lake and looked into parasailing. I have always wanted to parasail but never had this great of an opportunity on a beautiful day with great scenery. So we got on the last trip of the day. It was spectacular!
Getting the harness on.
Taking off!
Landing back down on the boat. What a great ride!
The next day Tim got to golf. It was cloudy, but no rain. Not as nice of a day as when we arrived and went Parasailing, but he still had fun and was challenged by the course.
This is a par 3 and you have to hit over the tree to get to the green. A little intimadating!
Luge run in Queenstown. We tried the luge again, this time in Queenstown and NOT in the rain.
View of Queenstown and the Remarkables mountain range from the top of the Gondola.
While in Rotorua we attended a Mauri (pronouced Mowry) cultural experience. The Mauri people were the first to arrive on New Zealand a couple of hundred years ago. No one knows exactly where they came from because they had no written language, but presumably they orginated somewhere in the Polynesian islands. They were (and still are to a certain extent) very tribal, but all speak the same language. The show they did for us showed us their welcoming ceremony, and then some of the games and songs they used to train the younger ones for battle and life in general. It was a good show, and very informative.
One of the women in the show.
The Mauri chief. If you can see it in this small picture, he is actually uncovered (naked) in the back, but has tatoos from just above his knees to his waist. Later he described the history and reasons for the tatoos. It was actually very interesting and tasteful although a little shocking at first.
Some of the young Mauri men in a canoe.
Our view of Lake Wakatipu from our hotel room in Queenstown. This lake is 22 miles long.
Another view from our room of the Remarkables mountain range in the background.
Queenstown with a small beach, trees, and the Remarkables mountain range in the background.
The evening sun on the Remarkables mountains, with the city and lake in the shadows.
We arrived in Queenstown around 4:30 pm local time and it was a gorgeous day, so we walked down to the pier area of the lake and looked into parasailing. I have always wanted to parasail but never had this great of an opportunity on a beautiful day with great scenery. So we got on the last trip of the day. It was spectacular!
Getting the harness on.
Taking off!
Landing back down on the boat. What a great ride!
The next day Tim got to golf. It was cloudy, but no rain. Not as nice of a day as when we arrived and went Parasailing, but he still had fun and was challenged by the course.
This is a par 3 and you have to hit over the tree to get to the green. A little intimadating!
Luge run in Queenstown. We tried the luge again, this time in Queenstown and NOT in the rain.
View of Queenstown and the Remarkables mountain range from the top of the Gondola.
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looks like you guys are having a great time! Shayleen
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