Orc holiday to Mt Doom
We have been hearing reports from home of snow…well, today, we found some too!
We spent the morning driving from Lake Taupo to Tongariro National Park. This took us within sight of lots of snowy mountains! The most exciting of which, Mt Ngaurauhoe – was used as Mt Doom in the LOTR films!
We took a drive as far as you could up into the ski resort on Mt Ruapehu, which is where we got up close and personal with the snow. Everyone else around us was appropriately dressed. We, on the other hand, were wearing shorts. (I was actually wearing flip flops!)
cold feet
After lunch in the cafe, we took a walk in the snow, and got our feet quite wet! Although there was still snow, there’s not a lot of skiiing going on, and they were taking the ski lifts apart – so the season is obviously over.
From there, we headed on to our stop for the night at Ohakune – where we found the best internet connection we have found so far!
So we haven’t done too much else today. We’re now making our way down to Wellington, where we have booked a ferry crossing for (early) Monday morning to take us over to the South Island.
Jill
