Day 7 28/4/17 Friday
Christchurch → Cashel Street → Avon River → Bridge of Remembrance → Lake Tekapo
Our flight was at 7am in the morning, woke up at about 4.30am & it was freezing... It was a very bumpy flight to Christchurch, South Island we thought we were doomed... Thing that i don't like about JetStar, they didn't announce or warn us ahead of the turbulence, all the passengers got so worried... Since then, whenever Fluffy & I thought of flying, this particular bad experience automatically come to our minds...
Bytheway, we've finally touched down to the largest city in South Island, Christchurch!!! It was so true that South Island makes much of a feast for the eyes compared to North Island... It was so beautiful even in their residence area, fallen leaves with the color of autumn everywhere, very dreamy...
Christchurch experienced a 7.1 earthquake back in 2011 a lot of buildings have collapsed or damaged, we first went to Cashel Street to visit the Re-Start container mall which this innovation was supposed to be a temporary solution but somehow turned into an internationally famous icon of the post-quake...Until now we could still see many renovations or constructions were going on in the city...
Heard the Dmitris Greek food here was good...
恋爱中就是明明可以自己吃东西, 却更爱另一半喂你... haha...
Bridge of Remembrance...
Chirstchurch has tram too...
Christ College...
Avon River, where you can have breathtaking gondola boat ride...
Spent a morning discovered the city then we hit the road to our next destination : Lake Tekapo...
It was a 3 hours drive & the scenery along the drive was so epic we pulled over a few times just to enjoy the stunning landscape & picturesque a little while longer...
Gosh this was the Inland Scenic Route, we could have arrived Lake Tekapo within 3H but our Airbnb host recommended us to take a detour so that we could have a look at this masterpiece from nature... It was so worth the 45 more minutes of driving... NO PICTURE COULD DO JUSTICE TO THE BEAUTY OF NEW ZEALAND, NONE... You have to be there to see it with your eyes, priceless...
The very popular attraction in NZ South Island, Church of The Good Shepherd.. It was located just beside of Lake Tekapo... There were so many tourists as we arrived our photos were all being severely photobombed, haha... This place was also famous for star shooting which was what we were going to do later at night...
Then, we headed to this small town named Fairlie to check in to our stay of the day... It was a 100 years old house with lots of antiques inside, so cool... Our host & hostess were nothing but friendly & hospitable, they have a dog Zoe which showed us some of the tricks she knew, haha...
Unloaded & put on some thicker layers to withstand the cold later at night... Went to a nearby restaurant for pizza & we were ready for our mission of the trip : to hunt the milky way...
It was almost an hour drive back to Church of The Good Shepherd, it was around 8pm when we reached & the amount of tourists never reduced... Saw many professional photographers already found the perfect spot for their tripods & high tech cameras... We managed to squeezed in to join them too, haha....
We still had some problems shooting & when i saw the photo captured by the camera standing next to ours, my jaw dropped... Its the milky way!!! It was there!!!! I got panicked & i left all my dignity & embarrassment behind, asked the camera's owner if he could teach us about the camera setting... He came from China & luckily he was kind-hearted enough to teach us...
We made good friends for the night, haha... & i shall show you our masterpiece now... Staggering beauty & heart pumping thrill awaits....
Tada!!! I was so touched my tears were brimming in the corner of my eyes... So beautiful to be true... Was totally awestruck...
It was a night that we clung on to each other under 6 degree celsius, waited 1 min for each photo taken as the shutter speed was set at 30 secs, he would sometimes stole a kiss or two from me... It held such memorable & precious memories of ours, hope we could make it to Iceland for northern light next time...
Day 8 29/4/17 Saturday
Arrowtown → Queenstown
We wanted to stop over at Wanaka & again... not enough time... To think in a positive perspective, it gives us another reason to come back to this wonderland again, haha...
The next time i come, I'll sure cover Milford Sound, Wanaka, Fox Glazier & Wellington...MUST!!!
Arrowtown is a historic gold mining town & it looks absolutely gorgeous in autumn... The town was painted different shades of red, pink, orange, yellow, green, brown, etc... If you wanted to experience autumn, it would be the best place...
Last destination of our exploration in New Zealand, Queenstown... Fluffy said he likes Queenstown the most as it has everything as in it is surrounded by majestic mountains, some covered in snow & nestled on the shores of crystal clear Lake Wakatipu... People said Queenstown is one of the best place around the world to do skydiving & now we know why...
Shopped a little at the downtown shopping precinct which was right on the shore of Lake Wakatipu... There were various of souvenirs shops & cafes it would make a relaxing day walking around... However the weather was too cold i was shivering all the time, hehe...
We tried the "must try" Fergburger which the burger is a size larger than our face, haha... We even went to Patagonia Chocolate for dessert & ice cream!!!
Day 9 30/4/17 Sunday
The next day morning before we were ready to fly back to Auckland for another flight back to M'sia, we spent our morning there too...
I couldn't enjoy more during this trip, how we constantly mesmerized by the natural phenomenal wonders & many more...
We will be back... Krabi post up next... :)
