Saturday, September 22, 2007

Christchurch Day V

We woke up late again today. We got ready and went for lunch in McDonald's. I know it is dumb to go and eat McDonald's when I can eat it in Malaysia. Anyway, there was a special package here in New Zealand. You pay NZ$10 for 2 burgers(McChicken, Filet 'O Fish or Big Mac), a large medium fries and coke. We ordered one of each set and the Big Mac set was a mix and match of a Big Mac and a McChicken.


After lunch, I drove to Mount Hunt which was an hour and a half drive according to the maps. We drove through the country side which is considered the highway. We took pictures along the way. We stopped a while on Rakaia Gorge Bridge where we saw people pushing their boats to the river bank. From there we can see the snowy peak clearer for we are nearer to the foot of the mountain.

 
 

At the foot of the hill, I thought that we just drive till the resort than sit the cable car up. I was so wrong. Since I volunteer to be the driver of the day, I had to drive up the mountain without knowing how the road was like. My goodness! The road was dirt road and any car which speed up, it would just produce a smoke of dust which make visibility close to zero. The road was only 2 cars wide and there was no railing along the way so it is a step plunge down the hill if I do not concentrate on the road.

 

My hand froze as we went higher and higher and there was no resting area at all. I drove for the next half hour up the mountain till there was snow on the side of the road. I thought we had reach when I saw a parking area but I was wrong. There was another 5 minutes drive up the step road which now have snow on both side of the road. I pass the keys to my dad for I was too scare to drive on.


When we reach the top, there were a lot of people. Most of them are preparing to descend for it was pass 3pm. We went and have a look at the skiing area and watch people ski down the hill. My sister then look for an area where we can play snow and have a snow ball fight but can't find. My dad then told us that this is the smallest skiing area and it was the nearest to where we are staying. I was kinda disappointed that I can't play with snow but my sister was a fast thinker. She took me to the kiddie skiing area and played snow with me. Unfortunately the snow was hard for it was artificial snow. We had fun anyway.

 

We then drove back after staying for half an hour. There was a lot of cars going down when we went down so I decided not to drive and let my dad drive. When we reach the bottom, my sister took over for my dad wants her to try driving there. She had a lot of fun driving but complain bout the speed limit. Hahaha... Along the way back, we were looking for a car wash center for there was some mud stains on the car as we were exiting the car park at Mount Hunt. We found one and me and my sister sat in the car as she drove into the auto car wash. She took a video of the entire process in the car but I can't upload it for the file is too big ^_^

Along the way home we say a hypermarket Countdown and bought some junk food. When we came out, it was dark and it was time for dinner. I drove back to town and we look for a place to eat. Since my parents found the Chinese Restaurant, we ended up having Chinese meal most of the time. We went back to Sampan House Restaurant and ordered a delicious meal. We had 3 layer pork meat, Spicy Chicken, Da Pang Chicken, Lou Shun and Pork fried mee. 

 
 

After dinner we went for a short walk around Cathedral Square before going back for an early rest. While we were in Countdown, we bought a cake to celebrate my dad's birthday. His birthday is not till later in the month but since we are all together, my mum decided to celebrate it earlier. We had a small birthday celebration in the room accompanied by all my sister's soft toys ^_^

 

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