Less than a month and summer will be over. And here I am posting an entry about what I did last Winter! I’ll try to blog more (weh?!) to
share with you our adventures here in New Zealand. I'm currently at home nursing a weird sickness so why not blog to keep the boredom away.
Last August, Jeff
and I, along with two of our friends, went to Mt. Ruapehu. Since July, we’ve already booked each other’s calendar for this Winter
getaway. To make the most of this trip, we left Auckland on Friday
night and arrived in Turangi after an almost 5-hr drive. It was a very long
and tiring drive but achievement unlocked for me as this was my first longest drive ever!
We stayed at Judges Pool Motel for 2 nights. I really like this place because it allowed
us to do late night check-in with no extra charge. Also, the size of
the room is spacious enough for 4 people. It’s a 1 bedroom unit
with private deck, kitchen and bathroom. The unit has 1 double bed in
the bedroom, 2 single beds on the living area, sofa,
cabinets and most importantly, heater. Haha.
The kitchen also provided all the basic kitchen needs including cutlery, plates, toaster, water kettle and cooking pans.
The kitchen also provided all the basic kitchen needs including cutlery, plates, toaster, water kettle and cooking pans.
Day 2 was our snow
day. Since none of us would like to drive on roads with snow, we opted to book Adventure Headquarters for our shuttle service to go up to the mountain. I also
booked them last year and we all liked their very prompt service. They
picked us up in front of our motel at 8:30 in the morning and we arrived in the
mountain half past 9.
These 2 are our contant travel buddies in NZ. :)
There was a long queue of cars and buses going up the
mountain but I didn't mind because the view was breath taking. I’ve been here
2 years ago but I still felt the same excitement as if it was my first. The queue in the ticket counter was very long that it took us an hour before we got our tickets.
I only bought the Sightseeing ticket while Jeff got the Ski package. The sightseeing pass is more than enough for me to enjoy the mountain. It’s our first time to ride the lift and it brought us to the higher area of the mountain. As in sooooobrang ganda! I just felt bad a bit for Jeff because he was walking with ski boots already and I know how painful and uncomfortable it is.
Here are some of our snaps:
This adventure is
nothing but pure fun and laughter with friends. We’ve had endless
photo shoots and video taking. And it’s also a bonus that it snowed
later in the afternoon. Perfect IG moment! This is one for the
books. I hope one day Jeff and I can bring our families and share the
same joy we had when we are in the snow mountain.