Queenstown

From the helicopter tour, we headed into Queenstown and Skyline Queenstown, the gondola ride to the top of Bob's Peak, with a great view of the city, Lake Wakatipu and the surrounding mountains.

Back to Azur to rest up before drinks and pupus at the Lodge.

Before heading out to dinner at the best restaurant of the trip, Fishbone.

The best fish and chips. Period.

What a delicious meal with more amazing Otago wines. After a great night's sleep, another great in villa breakfast.

Before heading out on possibly the worst tour ever with the most annoying guide ever. I have no interest in The Lord of the Rings but the girls decided they wanted to do it. Ugh. Let's drive to a couple of locaton where the sets were but are no longer there because they removed and the land restored to its original state. LOL.

Our driver/guide Sally. The most annoying guide ever. Someone told her to never had more than 5 seconds of dead air and the speak very loudly so even the back row can here. I made the mistake of sitting in the front for the first leg before retreating to the far back row and opening the window to drown out her voice. Yikes.

This is where the hobbit homes were before they were removed and the land restored. Seriously??? We paid money for this?

We bagged the last couple of stops and told Sally to just drop us off back in town. Where we decided to try the steamer cruise.

But first, let's explore the waterfront and get lunch.

Lunch at Madam Woo which had been recommended by one of the Lodge staff. Website says "Madam Woo takes inspiration from traditional Malaysian Hawker food and serves up big, fresh flavours in a vibrant, fun and modern setting." Meh, not so much.