New Zealand aka Aotearoa
Land of the Long White Cloud


can you see the long white cloud?
it's the long white thing above sea level.
in actual fact the cloud was longer than that, but my camera lens isnt that wide, so it couldnt be captured ):

well, before reaching New Zealand we had to transfer at Sydney airport.
i have nothing much to say, except


hmm, okayy.

okay so we arrived at christchurch to visit my relatives for a while before heading to Wellington.


Aunt's house

oh, and before Wellington, we went to some art museum in Christchurch
where some things were just bigger than usual /:


see the people below the tree?
haha the tree was HUGE.


bicycle.


Wellington


the airport


the city

we went to the museum, zoo, botanic gardens, parliament house, cable car and stuff as well but there's way too many photos to put them all up.
but all i can say is that, Wellington's wind was SOOOOOOOOOO cold ):
it's like "looks can be deceiving" kind of thing.
so sunny and all, but when the wind comes it's so cold and strong that you can seriously be blown. Away.


Akaroa


Akaroa wasnt really much. it was just mainly sight seeing and eating the "World Renowed Fish&Chips".


haha but the most amusing thing was that when we went to the shop, we didnt eat fish&chips at all!
cos my parents insisted on eating seafood bucket, so me and my cousins went to buy F&C.
but then when we ordered, we said "one Fish & Chips please", they heard "One packet of chips please"!!!!!
so we ended up with this huge packet of chips and the seafood bucket.
Unhappy, we decided to by the fish and chips Fish. we ended up with some "Elephant fish".
so in the end, NO "World Renowed Fish&Chips" at all ):


Hanmer Springs

this is what happens when 11 people are going on holiday together.


leaving the house.
and that wasnt even ALL the luggage yet.


leaving Hanmer Springs.

Hanmer Springs was the best part of the trip.
the springs was of course the highlight la, but too unglam to be shown (:
horse riding was love too, as well as that 4 people bicycle.
scenery from the mountain top was great too (:


we stayed in one of the houses


Horse riding was fun fun fun. and my horse was gi-normous. it's like its butt was up to my head.
photos in future posts (:


Kaikoura

Kaikoura wasnt much. it was just going there to see seals and eat crayfish. yeah.


big fat seal.

yeah, those are like some of the main things about the trip.
loads more, but those would be told in picture form in the many posts to come.
oh ya, before i end,
a rather dismal attempt of the Southern Alps from the plane to/from somewhere.



i guess this should be the last post of the year.
it is 31st December 2007 after all.
tomorrow is a new year, and school's starting.
my goodness, it's going to be such a foreign enviroment with only elizabeth and jayne going there.
oh well, we'll see how it goes.

Happy New Year everyone!

(i should be posting again later on after midnight, if i stay up so late)
oh ya, lastly, watch SHOU ZU 2! it's the best please! ((:

MERRY CHRISTMAS everyone (: