Live Life Out: The 19 Days Trip - (Day 1 & 2)

It's been a long long time since I last updated my blog. damn, that's hell too long, six months!!! Oh yeah, 2006 is over! It's 2007! Happy New Year! I should learn to work harder and behave better... haaha!!! Every year, at this time, we talk about new year resolution... how many of us actually achieve what we planned? I guess not all... Any way, I know what I want to do for this year and what I have to do for this year. We'll see...

Isn't it funny to start blogging at the beginning of the year by sharing last year's story? However, it's always good to cherish what I had been through last year... I simply feel that last year wasn't bad at all. In fact, it's a year to remember!

The 19 Days Trip - Day 1 & 2 (20-21/6/2006)
Mt. Ruapehu

Day 1

After handing up my assignment for Urban Design at 12pm, at 2pm Peter(my German housemate) and I drove all the way to Tongariro National Park where Mt. Ruapehu is located. It took about 5-6 hours for us to arrive at National Park (the name of the area which we stayed for 2 nights). We stayed at Howard's Lodge. It's already dark when we arrived there. It's cold there, I can see ice on the ground and by the rock side. To be honest, for a person like me, coming from the tropics, I was really, really excited. We grabbed a pizza each at a nearby bar before we went back to Howard's Lodge for a hot spa.

Day 2

We woke up early in the morning and we drove in the direction of Mt. Ruapehu. Although it wasn't snowing, the weather was cloudy, it's not really a good day for skiing. On the other hand, since it's winter at the moment, the thick snow at Tongariro National Park prevented us from walking through the New Zealand's most famous crossing - the Tongariro Crossing. As a result, we decided to walk through the minor track where snow wasn't that thick. There were a few tracks, we chose the Tanaraki minor track, which eventually led us to the Tanaraki Falls.

After the walk, we drove in the direction of the ski house which was located at a higher altitude. There were people skiing as the weather got less cloudy. Time was not with us, thus we decided to walk around and enjoy the great scenery. We rented a sliding mat. It was great fun sliding down the slope. You see me rolling! AHAHA!!! Besides all these, Peter taught me how to make a snow man too! My excitement can hardly be decribed by words......