Today weather : 13 - 18c Cloudy
Time on Bike : 7 hr 20 min
Ave speed : 10.2 kmh Max :52.9 kmh
Ave Climb : 3% Max :15%
Trip Altitude : 765 m Max : 1074 m
Today spend : 0.8 nzd Total : 142.6 nzd
Today is the toughest of my NZ ride so far.I really don't know whether it was a good idea (or chicken out) to ride the Tongariro national park via SH47 as recommended by Arnold,my NZ friend who rode the Beijing to Paris with us in year 2007, or to take on the SH1,but it was neither easy on this main road where traffic is heavy speedy trucks. When I arrived at the junction still undecided , I met a couple of local cyclist and they told me that it is very steep with very gusty cross wind on this SH47 ,so i took their advice and rode back to Turangi instead ,and take on the SH1 then, as the name suggest "Desert Road",there were really nothing scenic ,no towns in between until Waiouru.When i finally arrived Waiouru,feeling really exhausted,and to make thing worse was that,the National Museum where i targetted to camp,the security big guy told me "you cannot camp here", but he was good enough to recommend the sport club about 200m away. The club was closed but i managed to convince the guard to allow me to put up a night under their roof. Tough ride but yet another happy ending day for me.
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