New Zealand - May 2012: Day 3

Day 3 Mount Cook - Temp 4deg

Fashion for the day :D

Just a bit more of Tekapo--

 

Mount Cook is about 1.5hr from tekapo.. the bus drivers in NZ double as tour guides who give explanations apparently...

WE WERE HERE!!

SNOW! Lovely snow mountains. Thank god it snowed (only reached the mountains, not us haha) :)

Hiked key point as it was the shortest... lol

 

 

It was a longggg hike... but we were finally here at Key Point :D

Viewing area... wow~

 

VERY COLD :S

After that, we hiked back and looked for activities to do before our bus trip back.

went for a 4wheel drive with Graeme! saw the most amazing stuff! ice glaciers... said to be melting at high speed due to global warming =(

 

 

 

Graeme was so cool.. I highly recommend this activity to anyone going there!!!

Wrote postcards for friends and took the ride back to Tekapo..

Night activity was Earth and Sky observatory. This was the day I fell in love with astronomy. I love the stars, the signs, the planets. It's a pity we can't see a lot in Singapore..

 

We got drove up the mountain with lights (only red lights allowed). apparently light interferes with the machines they use to view stars. I saw lots of the horoscope stars like Scorpio etc. and many planets like Saturn! I'm officially in love with astronomy :)

New Zealand - May 2012: Day 2

Day 2 Lake Tekapo

3 hours drive from CC to Lake Tekapo!

cam-whore while others were asleep hehe :D

Weather wasn't so good though.

  

Fashion for the day!

LAKE TEKAPO SO PRETTY!!

 

  

Relaxed life..~

 

 

  

 

Just us :D

Booked tickets for the earth and sky observatory but cancelled due to rainy weather =(

Day ended with us cooking dinner together in hostel. Indeed a "free and easy" itinerary... :D

New Zealand - May 2012: Day 1

Day 1 Christchurch temp ard 13deg

Arrived CC. Took bus from Antarctic Ctr to meet Amy at CC I-site. Went to check in at YMCA hostel opposite the museum/Botanic Gardens, went to Re start park , had lunch at CC city (yummy hotdogs :p), looked at the areas affected by earthquake.

 




Strolled around and took Bus D from city bus interchange to Willowbank wildlife reserve.

 

 

 

 

waited for the bus back for 1/2h out in the cold - didn't expect the temp to drop that much!! We entertained ourselves with stupid jokes... really appreciate Singapore's convenience.

 

When we reached CC all shops were closed as we roamed around for dinner. Found the only place opened called The Coffee House. Awesome food pork and ginger wantons red braised pork belly chicken breast with Asian spices + seafood chowder!!

 

 


Ended the day with a good meal.