Saturday, November 1, 2008

NZ Trip Day 16 & 17 - Christchurch to Wellington

A early start in Christchurch in order to catch a train to Picton. This train ride was similar to the one on Day 4, but now as stunning as it. While I departed from Christchurch YHA, I met a Germany girl Susanna, she's traveling alone New Zealand. Unfortunately she's not going to Picton but Kaikiura :\ anyway it's always good to have someone to talk along your journey~

Most travelers will go directly to the ferry and don't stop at Picton, but I decided to stay there for an hour to have a look to the town. But it's actually a "One street town", small and nothing much to see. Had a lunch in Subway then head to the ferry terminal.

The Interislander is a ferry service between Picton and Wellington, or say, the North and South island which transport passengers, cars and also cargo. Everyone said the view during the cruise was really great and yes that's true! Same as other place in NZ, the view is just spectacular.

On the ferry, I met a Mexico couple which I first met them at Dunedin, and also my room mate in the Doubtful Sound overnight cruise. All of us got our own schedule but we met on a ferry. What a small world!

A bit sad when I look back the south island, I had fallen in love to it and I just don't wanna leave. But I can't. Bye South Island!! I'll miss you!!! ~o~""


From TranzCoastal and Interislander



Arrived Wellington, well, back to a city, feel not really good doh.... Modern, tall building, crowd, traffic, I just can't really get use to it... ( What's gonna happen when I returned to HK?! )
Jump on the shuttle which brought me to the train station, then take bus no. 2 to Wellington YHA. It's already 7 o'clock. Settled down and went to super market to buy some stuff to cook~ OH I miss supermarket!!! Bought a lot of stuff including things that I can't finish in 2 days such as oil...bread.... And used a lot of oil to cooked some pork with onion~ The taste for the pork..err... ok la... But the rice mixed with the oil tasted so so so good! May be becoz of the onion..~ ha~ Haven't eat such kind of Hong Kong's food for so long~ 正!

After I finished my dinner and started to clean up my dished, a guy suddenly come and ask if I'm Chinese or Korean. And I said I am from Hong Kong. oh... the guy was a Korean and he was arguing with another Chinese about where am I from... LoL.... well they then invited my for a beer. Two Korean, Joo and Mer-Lin, and a Chinese from Shadong, Yang, are studying in the same English school, and they're having a beer coz it's Friday night~!
Well they are all funny people~ We had a nice time till 11pm and they got to go home~ What a wonderful time~!

Take a shower and went to bed at 12am.
The fire alarm started at 1 am... -.-
I wanna stay in bed but one of the alarm located inside my room that force all of us to leave :\
And it's a false alarm :\ :\ :\


Woke up at 11am, had a great breakfast then it's time to go out!! But the weather was so bad today, similar to a Typhoon signal number 9 in HK, but there was actually no typhoon -.-"
Planned to go to the gondola with cable car, but the view won't be good so I decided to go to Te PaPa, Museum of New Zealand. Te PaPa was the second best Museum I have visited, the best one is still Melbourne Museum, and it really worth a visit. Didn't take many photos coz museums are more or less the same. XD

From Te Papa Wellington



When I was on the way back to YHA, the gust wind blown my glasses away on to the road! I told my friend, "雖然我很輕,但我下盤還算紮實" XD But the wind was just so strong! that I can't even stand well! Luckily there was no car. After I managed to stand and walk I went to pick up my glasses which was 20m away. -.-" (Imagine how bad is the weather!)

Quickly walk back to YHA, good, another lazy day. XD



The weather should be fine tomorrow, at least I can't hear the wind shacking the window now.

Tomorrow, the last day in Wellington, and will up to Auckland on Monday~

Bye everyone, have a good day!



OiOi : Yes... come next time when you visit Australia~

c : Need some lazy day after so many stuff, coz I'm lazy~ :p
Raymond : Can't wait to go to the volcano, but at Te Papa I understand how powerful is a volcano eruption.... err...

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

GREAT! 緊下鬆下緊下鬆下... 如果唔係-青山會係你下一站~ sometimes being crazy is not a bad idea! haha~

Anonymous said...

It really a small, small world, may be u will meet me next stop!!!
Hahaha.....see u in Auckland:P

Anonymous said...

Hope weather remains fine for the rest of the trip so that you can enjoy! Otherwise,you will miss the blue sky in Hong Kong!

Anonymous said...

i'm sure u will miss everthing in au and nz when u're back. so keep enjoying every moment especially you are now counting down your time.:D