Day 142 Taupo, New Zealand

Friday 28th October 2005

14.11.05 12 °C

An absolute crazy day. After waking up luckily with no hangover I knocked on Susan’s door and to my amazement she was still buzzing with excitement about joining us.
After the 90 minute drive to the Whakapapa Ski Resort I had initially decided I was going to ski as
1) Ive already done it before
2) Snowboarding didn’t interest me and
3) Skiing is much easier than snowboarding.
Simon decided he was only going to go snowboarding though and told Susan it was easier so she decided to snowboard as well. I eventually decided to join them as Susan wanted everyone to stick together and we arranged a lesson together, although once on the lesson as Simon had already taken lessons before he was moved to another group.
The lesson the 2 of us had was a complete laugh and we spent most of the time either on our backsides or laughing and joking with the instructor, although I have to admit I was right that skiing is so much easier and it would have been better to try that instead of boarding.
After the lesson we were both exhausted so we sat in the café for some food which was pretty much wasted as I was so tired by now I didn’t even have the energy to eat.
Time was getting on now so we thought we better make fools of ourselves again and try and put into practice the things we had learned or not as the case maybe. After 2 more runs down the beginners slope and yet more time on my backside and likewise for Susan we both then decided to call it a day.
At the end we both decided skiing would have been the better option although both of us had a really great time and it was a complete laugh.
So when you read this Susan thanks for joining us on a fantastic day and it was great to meet you. Safe travels for the rest of your trip and I look forward to seeing the 3 of you again sometime.

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Whakapapa Ski Resort