This year, we went to Mt Ruapehu to practise our newly learnt snowboarding and skiing skills. However it was a totally different experience. It was harder than we expected. Anyway we did have a wonderful time. We then stayed at a motel with a geothermal pool for a night. It was cool when we went for an early morning dip in the pool. By the way, we forgot to mention Po Po and Gong Gong came along and also stopped at Rotorua.