Earlier in the week CB and Audrey were off work on the same day to we decided to take a little road trip to Arrow town which is between Wanaka and Queenstown. Arrowtown is one of the places that the gold rush miners went to when gold was first discovered in the area as it is located by some big hills and mountains and right on the river. Now a days Arrowtown is a quaint little tourist town that looks more like something from wild west America than back country New Zealand. The saloon style buildings looking exactly like you would expect from an old western.
We decided not to do a massive hike as CB is still damaged and I we all just fancied a chilled out day anyway so we headed along the river track in the hillside to at least take in some of the views. As with everything in New Zealand the scenery was stunning especially the water down in the ravine with its crystal clear blue water. A couple of times we were passed by people on mountain bikes with made me jealous and also a little cautious! The path that we were walking on was fairly thin and cut into a hillside. Quite often the bath would get very narrow and 
there was a drop of at least 50ft on one side. Although the track looked amazing to rider on I wouldn’t have liked to be the person on it when things went wrong as if they did they would in a major way. Riding ability wouldn’t even have been the biggest issue either as the the stability of the track was also questionable. The hills were made of a sort of stone similar to slate in the way it was layered, yet is was much more brittle. You could grab it with your hand a break a piece off which lead to a lot of land slides and broken rock on the tracks. I might leave riding that trail for one of my more daring days!
We finished up our day with an 
amazing Thai meal in a small town called Cromwell on our way back. It was sort of a vindication for oriental restaurants in New Zealand after the terrible experience we had back in Queenstown.
Yet another good day with good people 🙂
