Thursday, November 22, 2007
whakarewarewa
got back from new zealand..
haha..
its very very fun..
don't even want to come back home..
just want to stay there..
but can't do that..
lot of people will miss me..
i guess..
haha..
but let me tell you about the trip first..
FIRST DAY
we board the plane at 8.40am..
the flight is about 10 hours..
very long..
we reached there at 6pm here..
and 11.50pm there..
and the weather,like an air conditioned room..
board our bus to our hotel..
well,the hotel is very small..
but very tall..
my room mate is Toh Wie Jie..
haha..
we went to look for food 2 in the morning..
found macdonald..
but i ate kebab..
quite nice..
didn't sleep that night..
went to muhammad's room and talk till 7..
SECOND DAY
after breakfast,we went for sight seeing in auckland..
first to a monument park..
quite a view..
then we went to a very beautiful garden..
the rose garden..
different colours..
took a lot of pictures..
then we go to the auckland war museum..
quite boring..
just walk around and around..
and it was raining..
the rain drops are very light..
almost like a drizzle..
then,the main highlight of the day..
sky tower..
its 328 metres high..
but we went to observation deck..
just 198 metres i guess..
quite high from the ground..
but some people are just afraid of heights..
haha..
then we got back down and bought some souveniers..
haha..
after that,back to hotel..
after we were quite bored..
so all went to sleep..
THIRD DAY
had breakfast again..
then load our luggage in the bus..
then we head to Rotorua..
on the way,very nice scenery like farms and plantation..
then we reached at a dock..
took pictueres and so..
then we head to hostel straight..
after sorting the rooms..
we go to our rooms and exploered the place..
went to hot spring,pool..
and mud pools..
the smell..
yakss..
it smells like rotten egg..
actually it's sulphur..
then we dipped our feet in a small hot spring..
very hot..
but very nice and refreshing..
haha..
then we got back to hostel for dinner..
ate batted fish..
very nice..
especially the potato..
then after planning,we decided to go to the hot spring again..
this time at night..
with mr bala of course..
preston took a dip in..
alll wet..
they all splashed at each other..
lucky satheeson,crystal and me escape from the chaos..
haha..
all smelled like sulphur..
but we washed up and chat till 4 in the morning..
until all the girls are sleepy..
then only left wie jie,denise,pravin and me were up till 5..
then unfortunately we doze off..
FOURTH DAY
and woke up at 8+..
we didn't bath but only wash up..
head for breakfast then went for our sightseeing at rotorua town..
after sight seeing,we went to my second favourite place..
Whakarewarewa..
the maori village..
all hot springs and mud pools..
they even made use of the steam..
to cook their food..
and boil their corn in hot spring..
all can be done within 10 minutes..
impressive right?.
then we went to food centre for lunch..
bought fish burger again..
then back to the bus..
then to our farm show at agrodome..
all sheeps..
and some farm animals..
and the even sheer one sheep within 9 minutes..
fun show..
got to communicate with a lamb..
haha...
quite fun..
then back to hostel again..
quite bored...
we washed up and straight to dinner..
after dinner,again to hot spring at night again..
this time with miss zainah and other fellows..
but that night was brighter and quieter..
then we go back early..
took a bath and went to swim in the thermal pool..
and it's suppose to close at 12..
but we swimmed at 2 in the morning..
very nice..
after washing up,all played pool..
but i went to bed..
very tired..
FIFTH DAY
woke up late again because wie jie set the wrong alarm time..
but manage to brush my teeth..
and again breakfast..
today we went to a museum..
used to be a bath house for wounded soldiers during the WW2..
very fascinating museum..
all preserved very well..
then we head to..
i forgot..
but all i remember that at night we swim again..
and played pool till morning again but with muhd and wie jie..
and we didn't sleep again..
SIXTH DAY
breakfast and packed..
brought luggage to bus..
then straight back to auckland..
with a stop at orkere falls..
used to be a hydroelectric dam..
then we go to the beach for lunch..
stupid waves wet my jeans,shoes and socks..
then i have to change at the next stop..
the next stop is at a river..
very scenic..
the water is icy cold..
you know what,i washed my jeans there..
haha..
then climb all the way to the middle and posed..
haha..
after that,we continued our journey..
then we reached auckland..
got back to our rooms..
then went shopping..
for 35 minutes before going for dinner..
and guess what,its fish again..
haiz..
but quite nice..
then we got back to hotel..
all very tired..
and all went to adel's room at 10.30 pm..
hang out a while then,all back to sleep..
overslept again..
LAST DAY
then go back to breakfast..
after that we go for 20 minutes shopping..
but we only went to a few shops..
then got back to hotel and board our bus to airport..
i miss the place so much..
not auckland but rotorua..
don't feel like going home..
but i have to..
in the flight home,played trivia games with.,
serena,adel,jiang fang,wei jie,muhd,yuwon,miss zainah and me..
i won twice..
all by luck..
haha..
but this trip has taught me alot about life..
about people..
about nature..
about society..
but the place i miss most would be..
kiwi paka..
at rotorua..
i want to go work there..
now i have another dream that backs my first dream..
my dreams are,.
to fly all over the world..
and to travel all over the world..
and the first place i will travel to is.,
rotorua..
and work at kiwi paka..
and these dream will become a reality..
i hope..
haha..
pretty much of what happens..
i'll be posting the pictures soon..
a lot of pics..
haha..
bye for now..
Posted by ~angel arthas~ at 11:05 PM