Franz Josef

A bit tired today as i went to Franz Josef. More info can be found here. www.franzjosefglacier.com I've paid NZD140 for the all day trip. It was worth it as all things are included ; shoes, socks, jackt and etc. Nice view. The whole place is covered by ice formed in hundreds years. It was unexpected because at first, i was thinking it will be the same as Tongariro Crossing; the level of tiredness. However, it was a bit easy and relax.

So tomorrow we will depart from here to don't know what place... I will try to post tomorrow then..

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South Island

The few days i went to several places in South Island. I went to Lake Tekapo, Queenstown, Milford Sound and monay more. Now I', at Montrose Backpackers in Franz Josef. Later i'm going to watch glow worms FREE of charge.. It's only 10 minutes walking distance. So u guys don't borther to watch glow worms in Waitomo..Besides, the internet is FREE here during winter.

I have too many best SHOT that Jaden took the other day. When i'm free, i will post some too.

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Couch Surfing...

I've try another couchsurfing. I've stayed in Sarsha's house in Wellington for 2 days. I am the first surfer for stay at her house. She is a bit 'blur'because she doesn't know what she gotta do. Her family members were very friendly and they cooked us a dinner. I've just love it... and we cooked for them as well...Then in Suddon for a day (yesterday). We've stayed in Angie's house. She is used to become a host. She is friendly too and i've learnt a lot from her hubby. we chat about his job. He's really professional in his work. And now (today) in Craig's house. We only informed Craig at 3pm that we need a place to stay and he already replied us and now i'm in his house. Wonderful guy! He's singer in Christchurch. He trust us. He just left the house with us and he went out.Tomorrow, probably i'm going to watch his performance in a pub.

Another special thing.....tomorrow, we are going to ski in Mt. Hutt. Besides tomorrow is also Winston's birthday!!! We are going to make him to treat us a dinner...I'm just happy for that..kakkakaka....



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3rd days leaving Te Puke

I stayed in Rotorua for 2 days since Monday. This is my 2nd time staying in a Couch Surfing's member. I've stayed in Lorraine's house, Rotorua this time. She and her husband were friendly. Her house is fascinating. Well, i was so surprised that her trust on me is so great. She gave us their house key and there was no one in the house at all. I don't think it will happened in Malaysia.

Lorraine's Living Room



Night Scene at Lorraine's House

She has 2 cats, 3 horses, 5 hens, cattles and i don't know...hahaha... but i do know that one of the horse is called Zack. He was not afraid of people.

Zack- the horse

I went to quite some place in Rotorua. Hell's Gate was the first one. However i didn't enter as the fees was a bit too expensive; NZD70 for mud spa and thermal spa. Anyway, i did took some pictures.

Instead of Hell's, i went to Polynesian Spa. It is one of the top 10 spa. Nothing much special except it was smelly (sulphur) and hot. Opps, it was indeed special..hahhaa

Then, i head up to take a ride on the cable car. I've played 'The Luge'. It was great. I like it very much. However, my suggestion is book your package in I-Site. It was cheaper compare to the original ticket booth.

At night, my buddies and me cooked a heavy meal for my host- Lorraine and John.

Wai-O-Tapu


And now, i am at Taupo. I did nothing today. Just a lay day for me. Tomorrow morning gotta go to National Park. A day after tomorrow i'm going to skiing.

Yahoo......

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Valentines, Tauranga

One more day to go and i'm going to leave Te Puke. I hope this is the finale and i wouldn't be back here. Yesterday I've already confirmed goibg back to Malaysia on 4th Nov 2008. I only need to pay AUD61 for the processing fees. Lucky me as i do not need to pay hundreds for this.

Yesterday i went for dinner at Valentines in Tauranga with my buddies- Jaden, Louis and Winston. The food is only so-so. Not really that superb but is fine to try once. I've tried thrice :) The best part is if there is a birthday promotion; 3 + 1. So i only pay the price of 3 pax.

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Special Day...

Today was my last day working in Trevelyan Packhouse and also the opening ceremony of Olympic in Beijing. It was spectacular and extraordinary. Bravo to you China...and it is my BIRTHDAY too...hahaha...while waiting for the show, i've baked a banana cake and i helped Jaden to bake butter a.k.a cheese cake. Luckily it was successful.

Besides, I saw Ong Beng Hee in Bayfair, Mt Mauganui. He came for a competition. He is thin yet good looking. I took a picture with him though.

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One more day to go...

One more day to go, and it's my final day in Trevelyan Packhouse. That's also my birthday's eve. We are going to Tauranga's Valentine for buffet dinner on Saturday. I have too many things to do tomorrow. I wanna watch Olympic's opening ceremony and pack my stuffs before leaving. A bit sad to leave this place- Te Puke; my friends and fellow collegues.

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Hamilton and Coromandel

Last Friday i went to Hamilton to do my visa extension and I've already got the replied. It was approved. When i was there, the whole North Island was having a big storm. The wind was so strong that many trees are on the road and there was several small landslide along the road too. I stayed at one of my CouchSurfing's member house. It was fascinating. Eventhought it was away too far from the town centre but i've experienced a different way of living. By the way, her name is Carol. What i highly impressed about her was she had many pets; 3 cats, 3 dogs, 2 pigs, peacocks, chickens, cows, sheeps and ducks. It was like a mini zoo.

The next day, i went to Caromandel for the Catheral Cove. I walked nearly half an hour for the journey. It was nothing much to see except the cove itself. I was in an awe because i was surrounding by 'huge' stone and in front of me is the big sea with the big wave. I was a bit scary at that time though.

My last journey was Hot Water Beach. This place is interesting. You can dig a hole on the beach and there will be natural hot water and we can just lie in there and relax. Unfortunately, by the time i reached there, it was already high tide. So i couldn't cross over to the beach.

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