Hey Everyone!
As you guys know, for the past two weeks I wasn't around.
I was actually in New Zealand, enjoying myself while you guys suffer the upcoming exam tension.
Well, I was too..just maybe not that serious.
So, why did I went to New Zealand you may ask.
The Few Reasons are
1. Holiday, DUH~!
2. To visit my brother who have been studying there for four months.
3. To look for my school, and hell yes I'm ditching Malaysia.
4. To look for a house/apartment/place to stay while I'm there.
Well here's a brief summary on my trip to NZ. And then I'm gonna let the pictures do the talking^^
On 22nd April, 9.00Pm, Me and my family boarded a flight to NZ. Well, practically the flight was
okay. Quite good i would say, each passenger had a personal screen built-in in front of them. and they have remotes. The remotes are damn cool. Too bad I forgot to take a picture of it. So, By the way. They have games and songs and movies and tv series all already programmed in the...erm...TV. There were like 20-30 movies in total, quite a number of tv-series. and some games to occupy the kids eg. my younger bro. In the flight I watch 2 movies...well actually one and a half. which is Golden compass and Enchanted (halfway)
You know what? this is boring. Let's skip the whole flight thing.
Around 10 hours later, we finally departed at Auckland International Airport.
On the way out, stopped by at the duty-free liquor shop to get a few bottle of wines.
Next when we walk out from the departure hall, we were greeted by none other than Kevin(in case you don't know who he is, he is my brother). next we took a bus to the "Maui showroom" i would say, To pick up our "house" for the next four days.
Then, after picking it up, we drove it to my bro's homestay which is like...30-45 minutes drive from the pick-up point.Met with my bro's homestay owner...bla bla bla. bla bla bla.
Then At night we head to my dad's friends house. Damn nice and big house. stayed there over night. Didn't want to sleep in the campervan parked outside on a slope. And yes her house is on a slope.
Next morning we headed down south to Rotorua after breakfast.
the journey took us around 4-5 hours.
When we reach Rotorua it was already dark..but it was just 6 o'clock.
then quickly we looked for a campsite. When I say campsite I mean some campsite for campervan's where you get a parking spot with a 240v plug point or some shit like that and water supply.
then Next Morning, woke up, breakfast, then head straight out to the famous Gondola(cable car) and Luge(view pictures below for more info).
Had alot alot alot of fun there...then we just went around the place, check out the situation there because we will be staying there for another 3 days.
Then at the evening we tried to look for another better and cheaper campsite. Found one, much cheaper, much nicer and looks more like a campsite. not like the previous one which looks like some Jusco supermarket outdoor carpark with grass.And this campsite provide free canoe service!!
Next morning, Me, Vincent, Kevin and Dad went for some boat rowing in the river.Quite fun.
Came back and feed the ducks with bread. There was like 20-30 ducks.
After that, drove to the some mud pool village, nothing much there, just follow the guided tour to listen to their history, quite boring, but cool to see hot water splashing out from between the rocks for like few meters high.
then wanted to go for the ATV but too bad they are already closed and the next day is fully booked. Wanted to try zorb but quite expensive so didn't at the end. In case you are wondering what is zorb and ATV, the pictures will explain later.
After dinner, went to the Kiwi enclosure.
What is Kiwi enclosure?
Well it is actually like a mini zoo which has a lot of birds, trouts, some pigs and sheeps.
because Kiwi birds only come out when it is dark to look for food. So we went at the night just the see the kiwi birds.. well the tickets allow us to enter unlimited times after 24 hours of the time of purchasing anyway. and let me just tell u this...the kiwi birds are super duper cute!!...haha
didn't take picture because it was dark, raining and we are not advisable to use flash...
Then went back to the same campsite as the previous day.bath and sleep.
Next day, went to the kiwi enclosure again to check out the other animals like the birds and the trouts (some kind of fish).
After that went inside the nocturnal room. A place to keep the kiwis in the morning. They made the room look like it is at night. Its some room with dimmed light and its very dark in there.
Then, had burger king and headed back to Auckland.
Took us around 5-6 hours because it was quite jam.
then Went to our temporary house for the next one week, my dad's friends house.
and In case you are wondering why does my dad have so many friends in NZ, its because he stayed in NZ for around 10 years last time, both study and work. and therefore me and my older bro was born there.
then a few families, all friends gathered at my dad's friends house to have dinner and chit chat, catch up on stuff...bla bla bla
well, thats it for part one which is my 1st week of my trip in NZ.. haha
Will be continued soon.
Now, its time for pictures.
Note : some pictures are taken from the internet because most of the time it was raining so i couldnt take out my camera. and yes my camera is my life. part of it maybe...haha, ENJOY!
Luge, Dad and Vincent.
Bro giving lectures to the ducks. I mean feeding...haha
some bird we saw in the bird park called morepork.
Not trying to be racist or anything here...but hell I was laughing my ass off when i saw this.
Now this is an ATV=All Terrain Vehicle
Zorb. It is basically someone "trapped" inside a giant inflated ball who paid 50NZD to get rolled down a 200m hill...fun eih..hehe
Our moving house for 5 days, AKA campervan,RV,caravan.
From right : Mom, Dad, Kevin, Grandma, and Vincent. I was taking the photo so I wasn't in,
sorry^^
this is just like,1/3 of the showroom, imagine how many campervans they have.
In the campervan.
The whole family having breakfast, taken by Mr. tripod..haha
Dad doing the job of honour. Dumping the 'gold'.
luge, starting point at the top of the hill.
Well that should be all for now. It's already one am.
Part two will be continued most probably on Friday(16/5) we finishes exam.
So sorry if u think this post is boring, still a noob in this. Pls leave your comments in the chatbox.
And this is just a brief summary. Anything can ask me face to face^^
thank you very much. Signing out.
