It was a beautiful morning this morning and, after a fire drill at Nomads finally woke up Kieran, we decided to go for a hike with two other girls, Edda and Jackie. We stopped in at cookie time on the way there for hot chocolates and oh my god, I had a white chocolate hot chocolate with tons of cream and sprinkled cookies on the top... it was insanely delicious! I'm for sure coming back for a milkshake!
We then went to the Ben Lomen forest track, that leads to the skyline luge and gondola cafe. The trail was steep and I am so unfit (despite my attempts at running to get better!) so it was for sure a struggle but it was so worth the pain! About half way, after the steepest of the trail was over, there is a lookout with some pretty impressive views, but it has nothing on the skyline!
We had gotten subway sandwiches before heading up, and I am so glad I saved mine. Nothing like a delicious sandwich and a great view!
We then went a bit further up to watch some of the people doing the luge. I kinda wanted to do it again, but it's pretty expensive for what you get so we didn't bother, especially as we've done it before. Apparently the track isn't as good as the one in Rotorua anyway. It was pretty amusing watching some people do it though, as a few of them would go so sooooo slowly and the people behind them would get so mad. Oh and also at one point one guy decided it would be a great idea to take a photo of the view on the luge track. Like seriously he was there for a good 5 minutes... some people definitely lack brain cells for sure!
Walking back down to town was certainly a lot easier than walking up! Kieran and I had a good heart to heart as well, we had a great cousin bonding session!
The four of us then decided to go and play frisbee golf, as Nomads have frisbees to borrow for free. It was actually way more fun than I thought it would be. Although I was unsurprisingly awful at it!
When we finished, the sun was setting over lake Wakatipu and it was breathtaking. I know I say it a lot but I still can't get my head round how beautiful it is here!
Nomads do a free meal every night at loco, so we for sure made the most of that! Tonight it was chicken curry, pretty standard, nothing special but it was free so I was happy! Mostly tonight I've been thinking over and over about the bungy jump tomorrow, so I decided to call it a night when we got back to the hostel and went to bed!
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