| City |
Day |
|
Accomodation |
Transportation |
| Auckland |
01 |
- Arrived late & dine at a Vietnam Restaurant . Ordered some Chinese
food ���n���� etc, the staff spoke Cantonese as well.......
- It's a bit chilling at night under rain
- Skycity as like as if a green torch
- Been to a gay pub and all people are crazy~~
|
- New Zealand Backpackers@Ponsonby
- NZD17 6-bed mixed dorm [location+cleaniness
not so good]
|
Airport> City.
NZD13 with coupon
[return ticket is cheapest and can use
in different dates]
 |
| |
02 |
- pacing around the city, not hungry so refused diet
- joined cruise for 1 1/2 hours, indeed a bit boring
- visited Victoria Park & its market before 5pm
|
|
Christchurch
 |
01 |
- Arrived with rain at night again
- so cold to dine in a Korean Restaurant
but quite surprise the boss gave us 2 Korean keyrings as souvenir :)
|
- Kiwi House
- NZD16 6-bed mixed dorm
- [Run by Japanese, so tidy yet little
far from center, stilll highly recommand]
|
- AKL> CHC by flight
- Airport> city by shuttle , NZD10
|
| 02 |
- took a tram around city center, visited some major spots such as Canterbury
museum, Christchurch cathedral, the English Victorian Gothic Church
- Been to Botanic Garden to see roses under rain, chilling!
- Attempt to take gondola as we'd bought combo ticket [Tram+gondola],
however it was closed due to adverse weather~~
- Back to downtown, get on a Tramway Restaurant for dinner
- Met a French guy who would like to learn Chinese & let us know more
about French people don't know English very well
|
|
tram around the city center
|
| Mt Cook |
01 |
- Splendid view!!!
- However, 2 books borrowed from friends [ACLS + Insight guides of NZ
] were lost on the bus, so such beautiful memories were totally damaged......
|
 |
 |
Queenstown
|
01 |
- enjoyed fish & chips along the bay with some aggressive ducks
- Our roomate from Amsterdam, came here for working visa also!
From her just knew that some nurses work+travel+work+travel....like
her and it's easy to found job here
|
- Pinewood Lodge
- NZD24 6-bed mixed dorm
- [nice & clean environment]
|
Intercity
coachbus: CHC to ZQN via Mt Cook + Lake Tekapo etc
NZD148 |
| 02 |
- Booked the original
bungy@ Kawarau River[~43m] from 3-4:30 pm with transportation included,
- Fish & chips again while we were surfing the web
- Booked gondola
restaurant for dinner despite cold+ rainy......quite a western style
buffet, tried 3 tastes of "Gourmet" ice cream :)
|
 |
[the intercity exteme saver
for only NZD10 promotion should be booked 3 months before!] |
| 03 |
- Joined "Paradise found" tour with 2 English speaking girl
+ 1 German girl
- All of us were quite sleepy in the morning, but later amazed by the
wonderful scenary. Most memorable one was a forest with lichens as if
dust in a old abondant house!
- In the afternoon Q had sky diving while C had a deer
park scenic tour. Indeed it was quite boring with a middle aged
Japanese couple only even they thought C was Japanese too...
- Wandering around. Bought some food for dinner such as vegetable soup
+ microwave mussel +Ravioli + apple juice as white wine :P
|
 |
 |
04 |
- Slept till afternoon
- attempted to have some trail walk but it started raining heavily......
- back to town center, had a turkish dinner with chips again
|
 |
| 05 |
- Q gotta back to HK first
- Enjoyed a quite Sunday in this lovely town, hoped to join any Sunday
service but woke up too late to enter the church...
- Pending walk to the airport because of nothing to do, advised by an
old man on the way but......
- Definately it's quite hot under extreme GOOD weather for the 2 1/2
hour walk with ALL the lugguage
|
 |
|
Wellington
[Q left & C stay behind]
 |
01 |
- arrived at 7pm, rainy+ chilling
- met a Korean Girl, Jihye as room mate
|
Nomads
Capital
NZD22 10-bed mixed dorm
[highly recommand
for the look+ facilities!] |
- ZQN> CHC> WLG by flight
- Airport to city NZD4.5 by coach
|
| 02 |
- Firstly, went to cable
car station, its museum due to cloudy sky
- then botanic garden
for the rose garden
- walked straight to Parliment buildings, Old St. Paul Church, Achieves
etc
- Walked along the coast for Te Papa [National
Museum of NZ] in the afternoon]
- Moreover, pacing around cuba street region, had takeaway chips alone
in a turkish restaurant
- spent time in various bookshops, 2nd hand bookstores for the lost
books......
- Approached by some friendly & helpful people wonder if C just
stood still watching the map & don't know the way
- Dine with Jihye & shared her nice photo @pantry
|
 |
 |
Napier
 |
01 |
- Arrived this lovely & small Art Deco city after 5 hours of transportation
- Surprisingly, accomodation was quite full due to arrival of socket
team & school children. With the help of one receptionist, C got one
finally without booking
- Slept in a 4-bed dorm with a Brazil guy Dennis, we had a long(?) conversation
while he spoke Portugal
|
Wallys
Backpacker
NZD22 4-bed mixed dorm
[Jihye must love
the big pantry! There's FREE internet access as well]
 |
Intercity coachbus: WLG to NPE,
NZD37 |
| 02 |
- As Napier is facing East of South Pacific Ocean, with a wish to see
the first sunrise, set alarm clock@ 5:30am. However when C woke up on
time, there were sunray with heavy cloud already......what a pity
- Therefore slept afterwards, left backpackers@ 8am, walked along the
coastal then the city center. I love Art Deco architecture as they are
colorful and represent prospercity & hope
- So happy to see an Art
Deco shop~~
- Referred to as adv on the notice board of backpacker that a takeaway
shop would like to seek someone to translate their menu into various
languages, as there was plenty of time, C had search for address of
the shop but not found......
- However, C was attracted to an dessert shop @ Emerson Streetdue to
a famous ice cream brandname, and discovered the boss was HK people~~
- From him C learnt his story for immigration, relationship of NA with
nearby countries etc, thanks God
|
 |
Rotorua
[Q
re join]
 |
01 |
- Arrived this sulphur city after 3 hours of transport via Lake Taupo
- Met Q@ the hostel, but both of us seemed a bit disappointed with the
environment
- Because of time being rushed to nearby spa called "Polynesian",
so relax~~
- Had a Thai buffet as late dinner
- The weather seemed not as cold as past few days
|
Hot
Rock backpackers
NZD24 4-bed mixed room with ensuite
[quite
noisy+ comparatively less tidy] |
Intercity coachbus: NPE to ROT,
NZD56 |
| 02 |
- Woke up early for the "Hobbiton"
movie set+ farm tours. Even never seen "The Lord of Rings",
my wish to "close up with the sheep:", at least, was satisfied.
- Returned Rotorua@ 1pm, nothing to do so walked around the Government
Garden, been to bath house+ blue bath museum under rain
- Visited Polynesian Spa again, maybe the staff were too relax in PM
time and forget to inform us when the 30min/ session expired and so
we had an hour private spa!!
|
 |
 |
| Auckland |
01 |
- Took coach bus to Auckland then fortunately got the last bus to airport.
And settled in an airport motel in nearby district
- Met a Fiji teacher/ professor living in Hawaii with her daughter studying
in Fiji going to the same motel together
- Goodbye NZ~~woke up @4am for early flight to Adelaide
|
Forgotten motel find in airport, comparatively more expensive
[actually C accept spend overnight in airport but Q refused!]
|
Intercity coachbus: ROT to AKL,
NZD50 |
Aelaide
 |
01 |
- Arrived @9am, a bit later then schedule due to delay of flight
- Met Elder Brother (EB)@ hotel lobby. After settled down, met Mother
(M)+ �������� whom arrived today as well.
- Went tp EB's university together, it's a bit cool
- Had an English dinner @ "COS" near our hotel @ Leigh Street
|
Mercure
Grosvenor Hotel Adelaide
AUD105 double bedroom
|
- AKL> ADL by flight
- Airport> city by skybus, AUD7.5
|
| 02 |
- Been to Cleland Wildlife Park + Mt Lofty Summit for the birdview of
the city
- In the late afternoon went to Jetty Road+ Glenelg by tram. However,
the weahter is chilly + windy & definately unsuitable for swimming,
so nobody was found along the beach
- Tried chocolate, oysters+ chips, ice cream , pizza all together, yummy
and full!
- Enjoyed live music@ Hindley St, Twin St, North Terrence etc. Quited
surprised there're quite a lot of pubs & most of them are non smoking,
quite a fruitful night trip~~
|
 |
 |
| |
03 |
- Had a Chinese brunchwith EB+ M+ ��������
- they then went to national wine center of Australia, while Q + C attempted
going to Port Adelaide. It's really pity that metro operated hourly(!)
on Sunday, but, we'd been to North Haven Marina finally
|
|
 |
| |
04 |
- Last day of the trip, weahter seems much more like "Summer",
- Joined Haight's chocolate Free tour
- Pacing around the city center
- Had coffee with all@ cafe then dismissed. Just wonder whaz the next
day our family unite together......
|
 |
Airport> city by Jet bus,
AUD3.5 |
| bookings |
Prior to the trip, Q had booked all the possible accomodation in HK by
hostelworld.com.
For the transport pass, due to limited time of our trip, we didn't buy any.
Actually this is my first time to do preparation like this.......you can
say it's not flexible but ok for us so far during the trip, even there's
no discount when booked online.
In my own view, when planning a trip and thinking about online booking is
necessary or not, consider your destination+ transportation. From my previous
experience travelling in E. Europe, there would be some homestay/ guesthouse
owner gather around the bus/ train stations for travellers who get off there.
So, it really depends! |
| withdrawal |
Because of something important Q gotta back to HK then returned NZ again,
during these few days C been to Wellington & Napier.
|
| being alone on the trip |
Frankly speaking, it's quite a fruitful experience due to good weahter,
funny stuff and good accomodations [so ironic!]. the feeling was quite good,
It's so feel to do what I want, to meet various people, especially when
the cities were so lovely~~
Indeed, Wellington + Napier were my favourite places during the trip~~ |
| Wellington@ NZ |
Capital of New Zealand.
Compare with Auckland, Wellington is more historic(?), artistic with less
visitors, I loved the environment |
| Napier@ NZ |
An small Art Deco City in North Island as well.
The harsh earthquake in 1931 brought life to the city.......rebuilt with
Art Deco style buildings, the city is a brilliant story, I love here |
| Adelaide@ AU |
The city where my elder brother studying, from his discription Adelaide
is a small and countryside city.
But turnout we find that, Adelaide is quite a cosmopolitan: sky scrapper
in CBD, well developed transportation system, historic huge buildings everywhere,
as well as endless night life.....
Our family enjoyed a great gathering here, missing our good times....... |
| pictureque scenary |
Amazing/ awesome/ wonderful/ Thanks God and nothing to say |
| working visa |
Discovered quite a lot of people applied yearly working visa, just wonder
if I can also??? |
| change of flight |
Including domestic + transit flights, C had took 8 planes, 7 of them were
Qantas and 1 was Air NZ. Just feeling a bit crazy |
| expenditure |
compare with my usual travel destination: E. Europe, Australia & NZ are
so expensive...... |
| chocolate factory |
So glad to visit the chocolate factory even not so many could be seen
was expected..
But, during the beginning trip, C watched the original 1971 black & white
movie "Willy & the chocolate factory"~~ |
| family gathering |
Thanks God for letting C's family gather again in Adelaide, just hope
that God will still be with us all along...... |
