Friday, August 24, 2007
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Yes comin' home soon!
Its strange, its felt like I wanna go home fast. Bec i missed all my friends and my dog and my Lobo. I am travelling by myslef for almost 10days already. People whom met me along the way thought its unusual to travel so far alone... Come to thin of it, NZ is not that far. While at Noak's Ark at Greymouth, there is this guy who has been travelling for 6mths alone. He has bought a ticket that will bring him around the globe in a year. Around $6000 in airfares. Of course, he seem to be pretty well-off in terms of $$ power. Haha! If you add up all the accomodation and food, It wil jolly well be more than 10k easily. Even if you have all the money, who has got such time?
I am one crazy guy that will do it if I got both time and money! keke!
my flight will be on Wed! Finally! I heard frm my sister that my mum has moved back to stay with me. Oh no, that's not so good news. Haiz!
I am one crazy guy that will do it if I got both time and money! keke!
my flight will be on Wed! Finally! I heard frm my sister that my mum has moved back to stay with me. Oh no, that's not so good news. Haiz!
Monday, August 20, 2007
Saturday, August 18, 2007
Photos are enroute to Fox Glacier - Internet access is bloody exp here! NZ$1 per 10 mins!!!
The last few photos are the room I will staying for 2 nights at Ivory Towers... at least got TV if not I will be bored to death! Anywae, there is only like 2 or 3 channels on the local TV. Exciting right?
And there is no mobile reception here! Unbelievable! There is no night life outside of the backpacker lodge... perhaps only the cafe where i had my steak dinner... And like most large countries, only the main streets are litted up, the highways are all dark by now... In Fox Glacier township, there is only 1 main street.
Tomorrow morning I will be going for a half day walk on Fox Glacier. Great! Monday pm I'll be at Greymouth.
And there is no mobile reception here! Unbelievable! There is no night life outside of the backpacker lodge... perhaps only the cafe where i had my steak dinner... And like most large countries, only the main streets are litted up, the highways are all dark by now... In Fox Glacier township, there is only 1 main street.
Tomorrow morning I will be going for a half day walk on Fox Glacier. Great! Monday pm I'll be at Greymouth.
Friday, August 17, 2007
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
Monday, August 13, 2007
Rainy day at Dunedin!
I left Oamaru at 1130am. Prior to leaving, I got to know this Korean guy at the kitchen. I've got haf a pizza in the fridge n thought that i could share the pizza(yesterday dinner's leftovers) with him. He has been NZ for more than 3 weeks! Wish I can do the same. Was great cuz we exchanged stories abt our trips.. hmmm I had much less to share obviously, only 2 days. He advised me to book my backpacker's accomdation early as its hard to get a place. True enuff, ITS IS HARD to get a place!
I went online to try to get a single room. Couldnt get any. I haf the habit of sleep-talking in my sleep and somehow I would rather pay a bit more for that bit of privacy and security. In a shared bunk, i would have to lock up all my stuffs b4 I go out. That can be a hassle esp i love to leave my things lying around!~ Worse still, if everyone snored, and I am the last one to fall asleep... Haiz...
I drove to Moeraki Boulders... check out the photos...
I finally reached Dunedin around 4pm today. Checked into Manor Place backpacker... $56 for a night... hopefully no one is sharing my room.. will find out later in half hour time..
I uploaded quite alot tonight... There is nothing to do at night here in Dunedin... unless one goes drinking... I just drank a hot chocolate.. really shiok man..e esp that the weather is cold outside... I have gotta go back another 15 mins in the cold just to make this trip here...
I will stay another full day here in Dunedin on Tuesday... bec all the shops n place of attractions are closed at 5pm... Prob go to Queenstown on Wed...
I went online to try to get a single room. Couldnt get any. I haf the habit of sleep-talking in my sleep and somehow I would rather pay a bit more for that bit of privacy and security. In a shared bunk, i would have to lock up all my stuffs b4 I go out. That can be a hassle esp i love to leave my things lying around!~ Worse still, if everyone snored, and I am the last one to fall asleep... Haiz...
I drove to Moeraki Boulders... check out the photos...
I finally reached Dunedin around 4pm today. Checked into Manor Place backpacker... $56 for a night... hopefully no one is sharing my room.. will find out later in half hour time..
I uploaded quite alot tonight... There is nothing to do at night here in Dunedin... unless one goes drinking... I just drank a hot chocolate.. really shiok man..e esp that the weather is cold outside... I have gotta go back another 15 mins in the cold just to make this trip here...
I will stay another full day here in Dunedin on Tuesday... bec all the shops n place of attractions are closed at 5pm... Prob go to Queenstown on Wed...
Sunday, August 12, 2007
Spending my 1st night in Oamaru at Empire Hotel Backpacker
Its really quite cheap, only $26. I had to share my room with a unknown tonight... wanted a single bed room but they ran out of rooms. This backpacker hotel is really cool place. the facilities are great! If evrywhere is like that, then why bother to put up in a hotel?
my original plan was to stop at Dunedin tonight.. but the sky was turing very dark around 530pm with an impending storm.. So i had to stop at Oamaru. This a a really super dupey ghost town. Its almost soul-less outside of this place... All my photos of the town are person-less and I cant even find someone to take a photo for me. Resorted to to using 10 sec auto timer. I cannot upload the photos today as this pc cannot be used for uploading... USB port sealed...
SO tomorrow I will set off for Dunedin. Its the 2nd largest city after Christchurch in South Island). So i will seeing more people hopefully.
My pizza dinner was great, too large for me to finish by myself, the remains shall be my breakfast tomorrow. The next best thing for me to do is to play my PSP and to sleep. What else can I do now? Boring place, Oamaru.... Bye bye!
my original plan was to stop at Dunedin tonight.. but the sky was turing very dark around 530pm with an impending storm.. So i had to stop at Oamaru. This a a really super dupey ghost town. Its almost soul-less outside of this place... All my photos of the town are person-less and I cant even find someone to take a photo for me. Resorted to to using 10 sec auto timer. I cannot upload the photos today as this pc cannot be used for uploading... USB port sealed...
SO tomorrow I will set off for Dunedin. Its the 2nd largest city after Christchurch in South Island). So i will seeing more people hopefully.
My pizza dinner was great, too large for me to finish by myself, the remains shall be my breakfast tomorrow. The next best thing for me to do is to play my PSP and to sleep. What else can I do now? Boring place, Oamaru.... Bye bye!
Friday, August 10, 2007
Mount Hutt is closed today!!!!
We were supposed to go Mt Hutt but its closed.. due to I dunno what? Its just closed. The road leading up to the mountains are hang loosely with unpopular "CLOSED" sign. Haiz... I haven't seen snow yet in my life. Kekeke! Guess can catch in after this Sunday. So we ended up in Christchurch again.. This is a pretty small place... I am taking as much photos as I can. Upload them whenever I can along my little road trip south of South Island. If the photos sucks, forgive me bec i'm using a idiot camera. No SLR for me. Not in my this and next year budget either.
Its 4:14pm(NZ time). I gotta spend another 3 hours roaming the streets alone till 7pm. The whole team is meeting up at 7pm at the Square to go to some place to sit on a Gonola, and buffet dinner at some unk mountain top. If only Lobo can be with me! I can't see how much romantic moments I gonna have with a big bunch of guys, sitting in a Gonola? I can look forward to taking more photos. And Food! We are forced-fed here everyday. The food servings are large compared to back home.
Its kinda dumb to sit in an internet cafe banging away on a keyboard as of right now. But to think that I am going to roam the streets again in a little while made me stay here another 15 mins more. They are charging me $1 for 20 mins of use. (Lobo, where are you?)
Its 4:14pm(NZ time). I gotta spend another 3 hours roaming the streets alone till 7pm. The whole team is meeting up at 7pm at the Square to go to some place to sit on a Gonola, and buffet dinner at some unk mountain top. If only Lobo can be with me! I can't see how much romantic moments I gonna have with a big bunch of guys, sitting in a Gonola? I can look forward to taking more photos. And Food! We are forced-fed here everyday. The food servings are large compared to back home.
Its kinda dumb to sit in an internet cafe banging away on a keyboard as of right now. But to think that I am going to roam the streets again in a little while made me stay here another 15 mins more. They are charging me $1 for 20 mins of use. (Lobo, where are you?)
Wednesday, August 08, 2007
Monday, August 06, 2007
Today is the start of our exercise!
Dear blog
And I think it will end on Wed evening or Thur am.
So we wouldnt be able to book dese few days. The next update is at 10am.. so that means we would nothing to do for the next 2 hours.. its too cold outside to consider taking a walk either. Hehe! Yesterday, I saw what i thought was the most beautiful sunset fo the week. It was cloudless and the sky was decked out in brilliant layers of light. What a sight to behold. Things can only get better cos we will be visiting Mt Hutt this weekend...
Sunday, August 05, 2007
My updates
Dear Blog
We went out of camp yesterday... took some photos at the Catheral Square and the surrounding touristy spots. Next was the boring Ricarton Mall. A single storey shopping mall like Tampines Mall. The carpark building seems larger than the mall.. But what to do? Everyone drives in NZ, they need the carpark. Next comes the worse part of the day, it started to rain the whole day, all the way into the night. We had to stay in the casiNO for the next 2-3 hours. I cannot describe how awfully draggy this period was for me... For a start, i dont gamble, I suck at gambling. So i headed to the pub for a beer, only NZ$4.50. Pretty good price, incl live band(minus band instruments), only two good looking NZ babes singing karaoke(via some pre-recorded song tracks). Sorry guys no photos of the babes...
The next best thing was our dinner, we headed off to Oxford Ter to a resturant called Taps. Ordered a "Wild Tasting". For the 1st time, i ate some Kangeroo and crocodile meat. The kangeroo tasted like roasted lamb crossed with beef. The crocodile meat tasted like a combination of fish and kampong chicken. Aother pal ordered a fab looking seafood platter! The highlight was a beer sampler. NZ$15 for 7 different types.
AND now, as I am blogging and all ready to load up the photos of my day trip. my external thumbdrive device is too big for the USB port! I have to figure out some alternative ways man!
We went out of camp yesterday... took some photos at the Catheral Square and the surrounding touristy spots. Next was the boring Ricarton Mall. A single storey shopping mall like Tampines Mall. The carpark building seems larger than the mall.. But what to do? Everyone drives in NZ, they need the carpark. Next comes the worse part of the day, it started to rain the whole day, all the way into the night. We had to stay in the casiNO for the next 2-3 hours. I cannot describe how awfully draggy this period was for me... For a start, i dont gamble, I suck at gambling. So i headed to the pub for a beer, only NZ$4.50. Pretty good price, incl live band(minus band instruments), only two good looking NZ babes singing karaoke(via some pre-recorded song tracks). Sorry guys no photos of the babes...
The next best thing was our dinner, we headed off to Oxford Ter to a resturant called Taps. Ordered a "Wild Tasting". For the 1st time, i ate some Kangeroo and crocodile meat. The kangeroo tasted like roasted lamb crossed with beef. The crocodile meat tasted like a combination of fish and kampong chicken. Aother pal ordered a fab looking seafood platter! The highlight was a beer sampler. NZ$15 for 7 different types.
AND now, as I am blogging and all ready to load up the photos of my day trip. my external thumbdrive device is too big for the USB port! I have to figure out some alternative ways man!
Friday, August 03, 2007
Its seem colder Today than Yesterday
Dear blog,
Yipee!~ Looks like we can book out tonight! I seems to have much to write.. but when i sit in front of the pc... my thoughts faded away. Life's good here, but the weather is very cold... plus we got little time to ourselves. The free WIFI setup was not there as orginally planned for(or mentioned). So many of us have to rely on just 3 PCs on our internet connection. Ratio is like 80-3. Go figure it out!
Wonder what's there to do in Christchurch anywae? On last Tuesday when we booked out, the city was like a ghost town by 9pm... however, things could be better today, its Friday. Tell you what, I am bringing my camera out. Will post some pcitures for you all to see... for now, I am logging off to go SALI...
SALI: Stand Around Look Important
Yipee!~ Looks like we can book out tonight! I seems to have much to write.. but when i sit in front of the pc... my thoughts faded away. Life's good here, but the weather is very cold... plus we got little time to ourselves. The free WIFI setup was not there as orginally planned for(or mentioned). So many of us have to rely on just 3 PCs on our internet connection. Ratio is like 80-3. Go figure it out!
Wonder what's there to do in Christchurch anywae? On last Tuesday when we booked out, the city was like a ghost town by 9pm... however, things could be better today, its Friday. Tell you what, I am bringing my camera out. Will post some pcitures for you all to see... for now, I am logging off to go SALI...
SALI: Stand Around Look Important
Thursday, August 02, 2007
NZ from 28 July till 22 Aug
Hi all
i am now in NZ... from 12 Aug till 22 Aug I will be roaming free in South Island.. sianz... 10 more days b4 we get back our freedom... 10 more days! counting down now... Anyone wanna join me at South Island??? Its freezing cold here....
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