Well, we dint spend the entire Xmas eve at Taupo, we stayed Palmy for half day before we drove up to Taupo.
I showed my family my working place, and also around Massey University.
Then kill sometimes at Victoria Esplanade...
My parents even played badminton with the local kids, really surprised!
Alright we travelled up to Taupo after lunch at Noodles and Dumplings. The road was quite smooth to drive, as according to my dad.
Well, i did had terrified when come to some narrow mountain corner road, but compared to the road we gone through at South Island 2 yrs ago, I think North Island road trip is easy peasy.
Glad that dad was not that tired on driving....we did experienced some foggy and watery weather upon our arrival at Taupo.
Luckily the rain stopped when we arrived, and Lake Taupo is really HUGE!!
You wont believe this is a crater lake! The volcano underneath now is considered dormant rather than extinct according wikipedia...
I really cant imagine what will happen if the volcano erupt, omg, that would be a huge disaster!
And actually i must blog this, there a mini golf at lake taupo too, but guess where is the hole??
Is located on the lake, so u actually golf to the lake (see the arrow), apparently the winner got very attractive prize....creative isnt it.
The Taupo town is small but very beautiful~ The tree at the round about is so beautiful!
Think frsh protect Lake Taupo!
even the mcdonalds is special!
Well, although we are not christian, we were at a western country where Xmas is a big event, so why not treated ourselves an awesome dinner for the special occasion?
We had great meals at Lone Star! My parents were so shocked with the huge portion size, lol
I am so used to the big portion size served in NZ, and I heard US actually got even larger portion size..
My dad enjoyed his first NZ rib-eyed steak a lot!
Mum ordered this meal named 'Rock the boat', i must said the fish fillet was very fresh and tasty!
And my brother really the most greedy one, he got this huge lamb shank!! And my dad kept on praising how tasty is the lamb, lol
While I, just gt a salmon, I think I can cook better than the chef ==. lol, well, is just felt not worthy to order it cz the salmon fillet is so small! And seriously, it was not that yum....
Anyways, great night tho!! We had such a full tummy and enjoyed a good walk along the largest lake in NZ.
The sunset was awesome!!
This moment, I felt how grateful and lucky I am to have my family with me (it would be best if my elder bro was here) viewing this magnificant scenary~
Love world, PEACE!
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