First day..
It was kinda scary at one point, when im at KLIA. Jetstar send me a sms saying my flight from Singapore to Auckland have been cancelled! I was like, What the heck am i gonna do now??? It's all blank and panic for a little while, and i met few of those who had the same situation like me.. so, it was like.. okay.. great.. so we took the flight to Singapore via Jetstar, and check with the counter over there. Each of us got different flight and route to Auckland.. and i got Singapore-Sydney-Auckland via Qantas!! Wohhoooo.. although i reach Auckland few hours late than schedule due to flight change and transit, it was all worth it.. Qantas Airlines is superb! Big seat and leg space.. free meals... entertainment.. man, it was good! best thing was.. i dont need to pay a cent for this upgrades!
After all the flights.. finally i enter Auckland airport and thankfully, the customs were pretty easy going on me.. not much questions asked, and he said, i'm good to go! Phewwwwww!!!
Met up with my sister in Queen Street before check-in at X Base Camp for backpackers.. NZD25 per night!
Den it was all walking around Auckland town before we head out to meet my sister's friend, Uncle Robert and Aunty Lilian from Singapore. We got a good dinner at chinese restaurant called Friendship Restaurant!
And there you go.. my first day in New Zealand! Wonderful!!
Second day..
We woke up early, getting ready for my next flight to Christchurch at 1.45pm.. had my first breakfast at McD Queen St, and guess what.. the Big Breakfast sucks!! Dont eat that.. the sausages are smelly due to the pork over there are not castrated!
There goes my morning..bad breakfast.. LOL! So we head to the airport, hang out a while before our flight.. It was a beautiful flight! And i've finally see snows! Guess what, it was the first snow in over 40 years in New Zealand!!! It is crazy! We land in Christchurch at around 3 smtg.. called Kiwi BaseCamp for pick ups and we stayed a night there.. the staff there were very friendly, a guy from UK and we meet few other friends, from Germany, Brazil, Nepal, Scotland, USA.. nice first backpacking experience!
We walk around the town and well, it was pretty damaged. The guy at the casino told us, there were no more city center of Christchurch! Sobzz... many shops are close.. it is raining, with snows everywhere on the roads.. we walk back to Kiwi Basecamp before my sis's friends pick us up for dinner at another chinese restaurant. Not a bad meals except for a crap fish dishes... totally inedible... Chit chat alot that night before we went back for sleep because we got to wake up early for pick up to TranzAlpine trains at 7am!
Third Day..
We woke up around 6am.. had our quick toast and chocolate before waiting at the gate for pick ups.. The driver pick us up and also few others from various backpackers and sent us to the train station where we check-in and get our seat numbers, hop on to the train and enjoy a marvelous, breathtaking, crazy, one hell of a ride from Christchurch to Greymouth. It cost us NZD55 one way.. but the train ride is amazing, the sceneries.. phewww... u got to see it to believe it! Look at some of the shots i've taken..
LOOK at those photos!! hahaa.. well, sorry cos i dont have the time to edit all yet.. so, stay tuned yeah..
We reach Greymouth at noon.. and trying to figure out roads to Franz Josef. We walk for almost an hour, gosh, it was crazy! it's damn heavy!! Finally, we managed to get a hitch hike with one of the best couple, Mr. Cedric and his wife, Vicky. We had a good tour along the routes to Franz Josef, and bought some nice Paua ornaments and greenstones! So, how great is Mr. Cedric? he opens few backpacking centres around New Zealand, and we are staying at one of his, called Chateau Franz! It was a very comfy place.. im loving it right now.. updates coming soon with photos!
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