The air con started giving problems when we returned from Finland.....even though it's blasting air, it's not cold at all.....
At first, we thought the problem was a gas leak...and after topping up the gas, it turned cold again but only for a day before the problem comes back....
oh dear....how to survive without air con in this weather?!
Will be checking out and flying back to SG today....😞
Did snow toboggan in the morning and had great fun sliding down the snow slope with the green plastic sled. The uphill climb was a chore though and I could only did it 3 times before calling it a day from exhaustion.
Will miss the nice snowy scenery while back in SG....
i have not seen so much snow in my life till now. Think I got enough snow to last me for a long time.
The snow are so deep...to my knee...
Not sure what this was...guessing it was a playhouse?
The snow flakes that fell are shaped like frozen crystals ❄️, so pretty!
Good bye Nellim! Good bye winter wonderland!❄️❄️☃️
The first activity of 2017 was the Husky safari. So excited to be able to ride a husky sled coz the last time I was in Alaska, din get the chance to do it.
The dogs were all v excited when they saw us and can't wait to start running. The atmosphere was v chaotic with the dogs barking and getting aggressive with each other. We quickly hop onto a sled and immediately the person untied the string and off we go. Previously we were given a 5 mins briefing on how to handle the sled. There is only braking by stepping on the metal piece. As for steering, there's nothing much we can do as the dogs are in charge of that.
Hubby was in charge of driving the sled and I was sitting inside. I tried to swop position half way with hubby but the dogs were so strong that even though I had both legs on the brake, they can still move!
It was so fun, what an experience to be able to drive a husky sled! There were 5 dogs pulling our sled. The first two dogs are the like the leaders who are in charge of steering the direction. The last 2 dogs are like the power booster who provides the main force of pulling....omg...these 2 dogs are v strong and a tug from one of them can actually jerk the sled forward even though the brakes are on.
The dogs just wanna run and run. The moment they stop, they start barking at each other and getting restless.
The weather condition that day was v foggy. Sometimes, the fog is so thick we can't see anything else except whiteness all around us....haha...so exciting
It was total darkness by the time we returned to the husky farm. Daytime was so short....one of the sled at the back got problem as the dogs start fighting and got tangled in the strings so the guide needed to go back and save them. It was a v memorable experience to us, truly magical and fun day.
First activity of the day 2 was snowmobiling.
It was my first time driving the snow mobile. At first, it was fine when I drove it on the lake. Once I got off the lake onto land, It became harder to drive it as it require a lot of strength to maneuver the handles. I flipped the snow mobile twice and had to wait for the guide to come and rescue us as its impossible for us to flip it back coz the snow mobile weighed more than 100kg.
Think this is like some extreme winter activity for me as I was super shag out after this. We actually drove 50km north using the snow mobile through some narrow winding path. Considering we are just beginners, I find it an incredible feat for me.
Everywhere around me was a vast expanse of white. Feel like a magical winter wonderland experience.
Midway stop for a lunch break.
I'm glad we persevere and managed to get through it to the end.
By the time we reached our cabin, we bath and immediately collapsed on the bed from exhaustion. In the end we missed the tin melting program.
Dinner was quite a sumptuous feast. I like the salmon as it taste v fresh even though it's been smoked. Next activity is snow shoeing. Although I have hear many ppl complaining about how tough it was, I decided to go ahead with it as I don't want to regret not doing it. I have never done snow shoeing before so might as well give it a try.
In the end, many ppl dropped out of the activity and there were only 4 person left including the guide. It was dark and snowy. Actually it was not as bad as what I heard from others as we only walked for about 20 mins across a lake to a small clearing within some trees and set up campfire. We met a very nice New Zealand uncle who helped us with the snow shoes and he was v helpful and even help set up campfire for the guide. No luck with the aurora because of the clouds despite v strong aurora activity as the sky was reddish color. Spend most of the time chatting around the campfire while the snow fell softly and gently around us, until we looked like snowman....haha ...Quite a magical and memorable last night of 2016 for us. I was glad I went for the snow shoeing despite warnings from others and despite me being physically tired already from the morning snowmobiling. I guess I learnt something on that day and that is the more others said it is hard, the more u have to do it and overcome it.
Lastly, we marked beginning of the 2017 with fireworks. Happy New Year 2017! 🎉