Something besides skiing...

New Zealand wasn't all about skiing~! Ok fine, that was a very big part of it, but hey!! we did some shopping and other touristy sight seeing stuff too! :D 

We went up the Skyline Gondola one of the afternoons... Since I was really tired from skiing, my legs couldn't hold me anymore.. so we left early from the ski fields that day, and went back to the hotel for a little rest... Headed out late in the afternoon, to hopefully catch the sunset from the peak of the moutain. 

Onboard the Skyline Gondola. The ride wasn't very long, but it was quite steep... and I like the little gondola's. They are only designed to fit four. It's alot more personal than the larger ones that fit 6 to 8, resulting in having to share a gondola with strangers...

But it wasn't very busy that afternoon anyways, so we got the whole gondola to ourselves :D Hehehe.... The view was quite spectacular as we ascended, and I started getting trigger happy... 

Jon posing with his matching red scarf. 

It started getting really cold and windy once we got up to the top! I was very bundled up as I realise that I don't have much insulation from the cold. 

Jon, and the infamous Lake Wakatipu on the background. 

There it is! The AJ Hackett Bungy Jumping station **on the top right corner**, and some random person who just jumped off! Everytime someone jumps, you can hear the whole crowd cheering him / her on!! Note the "cheering / viewing station" on the bottom right of the photo. 

Mei on the beautiful lookout. My hair was all messed up from the wind. Quite glad I had my head band on to keep my ears warm... 

Cold, crisp air... and breathtaking scenery. I sometimes wish I could just stay in Queenstown forever! 

Day view....

Night view...

Yes, we stayed after the sunset till the skies got dark. We had coffee and light snacks at the skyline restaurant, soaking in the beautiful views... Surprisingly, the food was really cheap! I think that was the biggest bowl of NZ$6 wedges I've ever seen in my life! And it was yummy too!!!

I remember the food in KL Tower being really expensive, and frankly not that great!! It was just the view that was spectacular... 

We were sooo full that we couldn't even have dinner that night. So, we ended up ordering room service late that night, after doing our laundry and stuff...

The next day would have been the coldest day I've ever experienced in my entire life!!! We went to Cardrona, another mountain located between Wanaka and Queenstown. It's a beautiful mountain that has a good range of beginner's, intermediate and advanced slopes... 

But it was too cold and windy that day to really see much of it. I reckon we only saw one side of the mountain. It was too windy and frosty on the other side, that they had to close the chair lift on the other side.

Mei and Jon, hiding indoors to defrost.

Ash and Mei, camwhoring - what more can we do indoor? We can only eat so much! Hehehe...

Apparently, upon returning to Queenstown... we found that it was the windiest day ever! The Remarkables was closed cause it was too windy, and Mt Hutt was closed as well, because they had a hugeeee dump (1 metre) of fresh snow, that they had to clear the area because it was unsafe!

That night, we were realllyyyy craving for Nando's... but since Nando's was in Frankton, and not in Queenstown, we settled for KFC instead....

But treated ourselves to some Belgian Waffles @ Lick. 

Jon had the hazelnut waffles,

While I had the hot and cold - gelati in warm toasties... That was reallllll yummmmmm...

The nights were usually spent shopping and bar hopping! I, of course didn't drink much after what happened on the first night! We went to this bar, and the bartender made me this real yummy cocktail, which was sweet... and I couldn't taste the liquor at all... but that was bad news!! I ended up chucking in a public bin, in front of a convenience store! Hahaha... how embarassing indeed! 

I reckon that's the danger of cocktails! You don't really know what you're having, or how much alco is in your drink, because they always taste so yummy! 

Our last day was spent just mucking around really. Did a couple of runs, and they we all bombed out.... Oh, talking about bombs, they were blasting snow up in the Remarkables that day, creating little avalanches to prevent big, dangerous ones! It was my first time hearing and seeing them blasting snow! Hehe... **what a jakun**

SNOW FIGHT TIMEEE~!!! He's been attempting to get me the wholeeee week... I shall just give him a chance :P Keke...

Snowman building in the arvo...

Look at Jon's amazing attempt at rolling the snowman's head! :) I reckon it's huge ass!

I couldn't even lift it off the ground! 

Our finished product :D He's tall huh?? Taller than me!! 

Two men and a snowman....

The last night was spent celebrating... at Bardeaux. It seems like we almost always end up there when the guys wanna have a drink. Probably because they have a beautiful fireplace! Sitting in front of the fire, enjoying a glass of wine on a cold wintery night. 

Ash and Mei in Bardeaux. 

We slept like babies after the long day, and the wine. I only had lemonade... hehehe. We were too tired to even pack our bags that night.

Our last photo, in the hotel cafe, while waiting for the airport shuttle to come get us. We each had a coffee, spending our last few NZ dollars... 

And that ends our holiday :( :( Heading back to good ol' Melbourne... 

This wraps up my NZ posts.... But I'm beginning to feel that my blog is slowly turning into a travel blog! :) More updates to come on my beautiful and enjoyable weekend. Stay tuned and be good, all! 

XOXO

And yes, I shall stop blogging from work. SSshhhhh.