Wacky Weekend Adventure

After playing and doing creative stuff around the flat on Saturday (we got the car back Saturday night with the lights working), we decided to go and see if we could find some hot baths on Sunday. We did not know the exact location of the hot baths but we heard that they were out Pukitetri Road and we know where that was. We stopped for gas before leaving town and asked a lady working at the gas station where they were she said nonchalantly they were down Pukitetri and that there would be signs.

So we headed down Pukitetri, this is a road that winded its way into the mountains, after an hour of twisting and turning our way through the mountains we saw a girl walking on the side of the road with a pack on her back. We pulled over to ask if she knew were they hot baths were? She told us we were on the right road and they were just further down the road, 6-8 kilometers or did she say 60-80 kilometers? At this point I was searching the map trying to see if the hot springs were mentioned somewhere. I finally found them and realized we had a long way to go. We realized then that she did say 60-80 kilometers.

We had not planned on the trip being this long but we had already gone this far so we decided to keep going. We had some beautiful views of the mountains and countryside along the way but the road was getting worse. At this point the road was a twisty turny, down hill, narrow, one lane, gravel road with a very steep (steep meaning off a cliff) shoulder to the right-hand side. There was no way of turning back now we had to get down this road. We held our breath as we rounded each bend just as we were nearing the bottom we came upon a car that had obviously just been in a wreck. We slowed to see if there was anything we could do and the teenage girl and boy said in a shaky voice not unless you have a winch. They had hit another car head on. There was nothing we could do but it looked like they had called for help because they sat with a cell phone in hand. So we continued to crawl down the road. With our hearts in our throats we made it to a flat ground and a parking area. I am so glad Glenn drove he did awesome.
Once parked we decided it was time to walk, we were close we figured so we could probably make it to the hot springs from here and we both needed to get out of the car and relax. The hot springs were close and it was a nice walk there are times when it feels so good to feel your feet on the ground. It was great to see the mountains and river and soak in the hot spring. There are a few photos for you to see below.

Then we made our way back the twisty turny road. Singing songs like the "Ants go Marching" to keep us relaxed. We had guests over that night for dinner and laughed about the adventure we had that day.