Jetsetting New Zealand

Author: ODB

Jetboating has been the most “extreme” thing we have done so far.  We are flying along at 30mph on a 12 seater about 6 inches from soaring cliffs, doing slalom turns around trees, rocks, and stumps emerging from the water, and doing 360 spins milimeters away from rock walls and the edges of hydroelectric dams.  You basically fly around with the driver scaring the ever living hell out of you as you are certain the driver has miscalculated the deminsions of his boat as you head straight into various obstacles at top speed, pulling away at the last second before impact, until you end up at a beautiful waterfall, which you then drive virtually under.  I wish I could have brought my camera along, but I did not want to risk killing it.

Here is a shot of the falls themselves I took from land, and I have some action shots that we bought that I will post once I get them downloaded.

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