Managed to get a few hours sleep.
At 5ish we had breakfast, which caused us to both briefly pass out, and at 7:30 we checked in. We boarded the largely empty 8:30 flight. Waiting to take off, we could see through the windows tons of snow on the mountains.
The flight was again laughably brief and we grabbed our bags as quickly as we could and took the first taxi we could find. We chatted with the driver about boarding, and were getting very excited about being back in Queenstown. We managed a ten minute turnaround back at Jim's, I hired skis and we were soon on the bus. We got to the slopes at about 11:30 - not a bad effort. That day we skied with Kim, which was fun.
In the evening Jim and I headed out for a couple in Morrisons. Chris came along and we left Jim with Bri while we went for a small but great $20 roast in the cafe where he does his waitress-stalking. Bri gave me a surprisingly warm goodbye considering that we had barely spoken. After eating, we all met up again after Chris and I had decided that we should do Doubtful Sound the following day and that then was the perfect time to book it. The booking place had just shut so we resolved to get to their office for 6:30 the following morning for the 6:55 trip. I can't tell you how early this felt at the time, but the decisiveness felt good. I had to make the most of the last few days.
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