anyway!! back to my easter trip!! spent a wonderful 5 days 4 nights travelling to invercargill, bluff via the southern scenic route, te anau, milford sound and queenstown!! manz!! i'm already looking forward to the next trip.. NZ is juz so beautiful!! and my photos do no justice to the scenery.. cant realli potray the beauty, grandeur and breath-taking views of the sights.. aiya.. NZ is juz so amazing!!
haha!! firstly!! i muz introduce everyone to MANDY!!! she has been bringing us around to see the wonderful sights!! she has been quite powerful enough to bring us up steep gradients and to bring us through unsealed roads to see the wonderful sights.. super impressive for a small car ehz??
DAY 1
left toroa at 6.15am cuz we wanted to go catch the cathedral caves at low tide.. and at the same time catch some sights on the way.. visited nugget point, cathedral caves, purakanui falls, mclean falls, curio bay.. but i think the most memorable was when we wanted to go to slope point, which was the southernmost point of South Island.. lol!! it was raining heavily and tess, maly and darie din want to leave without taking pics at slope point, where there were signs to prove tt they were there.. lol!! i din wanna get wet so din get out of the car.. they struggled against the strong winds and were back in the car before even gg over the fence tt would lead them to the path, as they decided tt they wouldnt be able to make the 20mins walk.. it was quite a funny sight to see them in the rain while i was warm and dry in the car =p
ended up at invercargill for the nite and we stayed at a backpackers inn which was very cosy!! stayed at kackling kea's for the night and the owners even made bread for all the backpackers.. haha!! i kinda enjoy gg backpacking.. its quite fun!! and road trips are fun too!! shall consider gg backpacking after graduating!! anyone interested??
DAY 2
explored a bit of invercargill b4 saying gdbye to darie as she would not be joining us on the rest of the trip.. the town is rather small and not as nice as dunedin.. but we spent the nite there since we wanted to go to bluff..
bluff is so beautiful!! totally love the sea view from the top of bluff hill.. and love the view from stirling point, where the last signpost of the southern scenic route is..
drove on to clifden's suspension bridge where we stopped to have a break by the river.. manz.. we even had a sip of the river water.. it was so clean and fresh!!
things were not as smooth-sailing as we would have liked.. we were looking forward to spending 2 nites at this deer farm enroute to te anau, but when we arrived there, they told us tt we din have a booking there.. darn la.. but the lady was nice and helped us call other backpacker inns to see if there were any beds left to accomodate the 3 of us.. finally managed to get 3 single rooms at a campsite near lake te anau.. but it would be kinda dangerous for us to stay alone.. so we decided to drive around the town of te anau to see if we could stay at other motels or backpackers.. and luckily we did!! parkland motel is juz so beautiful!! its like a hotel room la.. did i forget to say tt the motels here in NZ is like at least a 4 star hotel in Spore??
went to the lake after checking in to catch the sunset.. but we were kinda late after all the hassle.. had a nice picnic by the lake though!! so loving the life lar.. =p
DAY 3
drove to milford sound to catch the cruise.. manz.. the view along the way is totally amazing!! seriously, the mountains look like a fake backdrop but it is seriously real.. its juz tt the play of colours on the mountains and mist by the sun gives the mountains a fake look.. but u noe wad?? i'm juz soaking up the wonderful views with my eyes.. the camera cant seem to do justice to the marvellous scenery..
stopped by mirror lakes.. manz!! the reflection of the mountains on the lake is really nice!! think the reflection is even prettier than the real thing la.. =p
the cruise was realli nice!! juz the sea and the mountains on both sides.. even managed to catch seal pups basking in the sun!! was kinda soaked by the waterfall also.. but it was fun and refreshing!!
DAY 4
left te anau to go queenstown, and i had a great time here!! visited many places where i visited while i was in NZ nearly 4 years ago.. so nostalgic!! stayed at the black sheep backpackers inn.. which was very nice and warm.. and had a huge kitchen!! watched maly bungy jump.. lol!! it was kinda scary la!! my heart nearly stopped for her.. i still cant believe she took the plunge.. manz!!
there was this elderly woman who took the sky dive.. and she did the sky tower in auckland!! i'm so amazed lar!! she's so brave and daring!! and there was this guy from germany who did a double flip while bungy jumping.. so impressed.. he told me he would try doing the flip and he really did it!!
DAY 5
was quite sad to leave queenstown.. it had been a rather fun trip.. stopped by the deer park to get up close to the animals and visit some Lord of the Rings filming location.. gosh.. it was really up close and personal with the animals.. the moment i bought some animal feed, the animals were flocking to me.. it was quite scary to see a herd of animals crowding around.. but it was quite funny also!! but the funniest moment was when we were at the middle of the mountain, and we stopped to look at the LOTR sites, and suddenly we heard goats bleating.. we saw a few and den a whole herd flocking towards us.. we promptly locked ourselves up in the car la.. the whole herd surrounded the car can.. it was super funny.. cuz now we were the ones who were enclosed..
it was rather foggy up on the mountain.. but the LOTR sites were nice.. but the pictures would have been better if it wasn't foggy.. hmmz!! muz go back to queenstown again and visit the deer park!!!
and tt concluded the easter trip.. drove all the way back to dunedin with a few stops for food.. haha.. quite sad when we had to return mandy.. oh well.. it has been a great experience and great fun!! looking forward to the next trip!!
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