Period: 20 September 2009 to 03 October 2009
14 days of travelling. Travelled 2800 km. Stayed at 11 different hostels.
From:
Ashburton → Lake Tekapo → Wanaka → Arrowtown →Queenstown →Te Anau → Milford Sound →Wanaka → Mount Cook →Lake Tekapo →Christchurch →Kaikoura → Blenhiem →Nelson →Picton →Wellington →Taupo →Auckland.
Activities that we tried:
Skydiving, Trekking, Jet boating, Snow War, Cruising, Trial Flight, Wine Tasting, Bungy Jumping (William).
First we stopped at Lake Tekapo for our luxury lunch (considered my most expensive lunch in NZ=$25)...Sob sob… KOHAN, the food is not so special… I think it is expensive because they got the very fresh Salmon…
Then we passed by the Lake Pukaki, saw the best scenery that I’ve ever seen…
Heading to Lake Wanaka Puzzle World and then Lake Wanaka which was too windy for me… not feeling well, so have an early bed and ready for our biggest adventure activity the next day~ SKIDIVING!!!
SKYDIVING! To Do or Not To Do?!To Regret or Not To Regret?! My biggest achievement in NZ! 12,000 feet + Video + Pictures + Unforgettable memory = $ 470.00 LOVE IT!~
AJ Hackett~ 1st bungy site in the world! 43meters… Really scary! Too bad that my friends couldn’t touch the water as they wished… as the company said: Water Touching is not guaranteed… cheh…
Arrowtown was a gold mining town… so peaceful and beautiful, spent our evening time by trekking along the river… (I just heard that this river was one of the scenes for the Fellowship of the Ring!)
Queenstown is a crazy town. Noisy and busy. U can find almost all the adventurous activities here. I personally don’t really like here… By the way, we have our 360°spin Jet boating here… not so exciting as we thought and it cost $109 per person…
We heard that somewhere near Remarkable ski field was snowing, so we drove up to the mountain! WOWOWO! My 1st snow experience…
Arrived at the “eighth wonder of the world”~ Milford Sound. Seen the beauty of waterfalls and Mitre peak… I think this was the scene background for LOTR too lo…
Back to Wanaka for Trial Flight (because Queenstown trial flight was fully booked)! But luckily the Wanaka’s service and experience did not disappoint us! $99 only!
Mount Cook… What can I say?! It was SPECTACULAR! But we were a little bit tired to take more pictures… Too much postcard pictures we’ve taken in past few days… Feeling numb (not show off, really can’t appreciate too much nice sceneries at one time… overloaded…)
Lake Tekapo again, this time for the world highest salmon farm… The salmon was really cheap n fresh…… speechless…
Heading to Christchurch to visit friends and Kaikoura to visit Seal again… then we drove straight to the Blenhiem for the free wine tasting and cellar door visit!
A little bit drunk after tasting more than 10 glasses of fabulous wine… haha! more than 100 wineries there…
Lord of the Ring~Nelson Jens Hansen, where the world famous RING was made for the greatest movie… This is just for display, not for sale (I can’t afford it anyway).
He is Jens Hansen!
Taupo Bungy~~ 47 meters, and William was able to touch the water! (We preferred the bungy here because they are pro in water touching and the service is friendly!) Thx to William for doing this last stunt as the full stop of our journey… Jump + Video + Pictures + adrenaline excitement = $189.00!
Bravo! We enjoyed to plan our journey as our wish, go and stop wherever places that we wanted to… unlike tourists who have to follow the tour, wake up early in the morning, spend most of the time in the bus, can’t stay longer at the place that they like… I think this trip has given me the courage for my next backpacker trip! No more worries and hesitation to travel by myself… so can I call myself a TRAVELLER from now on?! Hahaha!
Lastly, thx to the AGQ101 for being so sensible, never throw a temper or break down on the road! MUAKS!
