Lunch was good, and I ate out for once at a pretty good place in town.
Well after doing everything with Salomon and Atomic ski companies Gerard and I decided to go out for a beer or ten and met Ian and Cam from Atomic there to talk about the other things as far as the ski industry goes.
My flight was to be the next day at 6pm, at around 7am the next day I got a text saying my flight was cancelled due to the ash cloud from the volcano in Chile. So I had to figure out what I was going to do for the day and how I was going to get back to Wellington in time for my bus trip back to Ohakune. This was a a rough time because the phone lines were all booked up for everything. I finally got through to Jetstar and asked for my refund for the trip and they did do that after I sat on the phone with them for around thirty min. So how to get to Wellington, train up the coast? Nope the train is out of service until all the tracks have been fixed due to the earthquake. So bus it is, got the bus booked and it was going to be a 5 or so hour ride up to where the ferry would pick me up and then a 5 hour trip on the ferry to Wellington. This trip would be pretty shit as far as I can tell. the 45 min flight will now take 10 hours by bus and ferry.
But I did make it back to Wellington got into the backpacker and went out for dinner with some friends I have not seen in 9 years. I have not seen them since my family owned the bed and breakfast. But it was strange to see them in NZ when its so far away from both places where we live. But it was great to catch up with them. Later on that evening I was in the backpackers drinking beer and hanging out with one of the guys that works at the Turoa as a cat driver. While playing pool I might or might not have tried to sit on a tree pot because there was nothing else around to sit on. While sitting down the pot might have broken out of the bottom, but no one saw it happen so I was good to go to bed.
But the next day I got on my bus and made it back to Ohakune. So I am back home with my bed and its great. The day I got back is when Mardi gras started and its a celebration of the beginning of the season. Well its just tons of punters and no one you really want to be around so most of my flat mates just stayed around the house and drank.
Its been a great few days. Yesterday I went on a nice bike ride with a few of my friends and say tons of cool things around the area on the Old Coach Road trail. Its a great ride and one of the most beautiful rides I have ever done.
Pictures to come in the next few days.
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