Monday, August 20, 2007

nuevelle zealande- episode 14 (last episode!!!)

18/07/07 (wednesday) <--14th day!

Last Day of the Trip!

amazing morning in Lake Takapo..beautiful icy, snowy scenery right in front of our eyes...we took family photos (as usual)..bertolak k Christchurch...kete mat g anta snowchain kt Darfield...meet up with everybody kt chch...g anta yus n fateen kt airport (their flight kol 3pm lebih).. n then anta mat n yamud (flight kol 4 lebih)..bye2 korg!...before that..another drama kt NZ car rentals..(no need to mention la kot)..sorry! flight alan, anwar n shed ptg tu kol 6..bye2 korg jugak!..so diorg tgl kt airport...the rest g lepak2 umah alif shah once more...izwan treat us lunch kt Dream Garden..tanks izwan!

19/07/07 (thursday)


bgn kol 4am..to catch has nye flight to auckland kol
5am..pastu has blk msia blk..n anep n mine nye flight to sydney too at 6am..(tanks to laily bg tumpang tdo umah n to izwan n aiza yg bgn awal jugak sbb anta kitorg)..aiza n izwan nye flight to brisbane kol 2 lebih that day n pojoenye flight to perth pn kol 3 lebih (transit to brisbane dulu) at sydney..we waited at the airport for the next flight to perth about 5 hours..nk jalan2 sydney takut xsempat lak n xtau jalan..huhu..mayb next time

smpai2 perth..another drama..kete anep accident..we were in the car..nasib baik xinjured but the car was in a bad condition..anep nk let go je kete tu (sian anep)..smpai umah..fateen masak ayam masak kicap siap ngan dessert lg..huhu..tanks!..lapa giler..1 whole day xmkn..(n dont blame me for being 'kentang' thru the way back home anep..hehe)...forgot to mention..hana is still in chch for another 3 days n in sydney before going back to perth (jalan sakan noo ko..hehe)


things to remember in this trip~
#full of dramas "very the drama la kn" (yamud 2007)..

#best giler!!!..
#beautiful scenery..
#make new frens...
#dpt tau secret org..bnyk sesi heart to heart
#ade org declare couple...
#new experience...
#perabis duit!!!
#overcome my fear of bungy...never expected
#bnyk giler photos..especially family photos...(thanks to tripod yus)
#lagu tema trip "Romantis" by the Times was established by ahli2 kete siput..(me n has dh muak dgr lagu tu..huhu) n also umbrella by raihana yg slama nih xsuka lagu tu tiba2 leh suka..
#n most of all thanks to mat, the mastermind of the trip...awesome bro!!!..wat la lg..hehe..
#mmg a trip to remember!!! (^_^)

nuevelle zealande- episode 13

17/07/07 (tuesday) <--13th day!

The Last Day in the beautiful Queenstown!

that morning..semua org wat Canyon Swing..yg lebih best dr bungy n lg cuak...huhu macam2 gaya ade..elvis la..chair la..forward la..backward la..pin drop la..izwan wat Swing 2 kali..(for more info..tgk la frster masing2)


yg xwat bungy lak g workshop..settle masalah tyre semua..n then lepak2 YHA until semua org blk dr swing..while waiting for izwan n yus blk dr Te Anau (diorg g amek kete diorg), kitorg main monopoly dulu...(dak2 commerce kalah..cam mn nih..)


ptg tu bertolak k Lake Takapo..passby Lake Pukaki..tdo kt YHA Lake Takapo (our last YHA)..dinner...we had maggie gorg n su'un gorg (yg anep ingat tu bihun..huhu)..we used all the ingredients yg available kt kichen tu that nite..nasib baik sedap..hehe

nuevelle zealande- episode 12

16/07/07 (monday)<-- 12th day!

that morning we went to deer park...one of the LOTR site..the view mmg lawa..ade rusa2 n kambing2 busuk..hehe..ade llama yg comey...ade tasik yg beku..we take turns to bergambar atas tasik beku tu..cuak giler takut dia crack...


fateen n anep wat bungy with tini n mun that morning...hana, alan, pojoe, aiza, izwan, yus g wat water rafting after g deer park..siap naik heli lg..the rest lepak2 city..then g anta redzy blk auckland kt airport queenstown ptg tu..(free parking for 20 mins!)...bye2 redzy...

malam tu..lepas dinner kt city..anep kena saman sbb speeding about 62km/h (speeding k tu???) n the speed limit masa tu just 50km/h....n mmg dh smpai backpackers dh pn at that time...mmg bad luck gak la that nite..kete siput masa tu overload org..nasib baik diorg cepat2 cover before the police found out... to cheer things up...kitorg main game truth or dare..huhu..mmg best!..semua rahsia terbongkar...sorry, cant describe it here...have to see the video itself..hehe

nuevelle zealande- episode 11

15/07/2007 (sunday)<--11th day!

Let the adventure begins!!!


woke up in the shivering morning (about minus 9 degree) feeling the cold feet of doing the bungee jumping later at 11am with has, shed n anwar..can't imagine how would it be..jumping from 134m (the highest bungy in nz)..huhu

berbekalkn meggie gorg yg has wat pg tu, kitorg bergerak k 'the station' for registration and measuring our weights (huhu kantoi berat semua org! haha)...n waiting for their van to pick up us to the bungy site
the bungy site is just like a cable car yg tergantung kt tgh2 canyon (siap goyang2 lg sbb it was only supported by cable wires!)..anwar and shed did the bungy first, then has n then me (i was the last person that morning sbb yg paling ringan..hehe)..it was really amazing..cant describe the feeling of it thru words...it was really great!..awesome!...rasa cam nk bunuh diri pn ade...althought the jump took only 8 seconds..the scenery was...fulawey!!!..we also did dvd on that n shed pn wat video sndr ngan ikat camera kt tgn with celifon tape

then at 230ptg, we did the skydive...tu mmg best
giler...we jump from 12,000 feet, the instructor sgt baik..xcuak sgt la masa nk terjun tu...siap wat video lg (tp mahal nk mampuih...$209 for the dvd plus the photos n the poscards).. group hana, alan, pojoe, yamud,redzy pg tu wat skydive n ptg wat bungee while mat was the first person to do the bungee that morning (kol 7 am lebih..sorg2 lak tu sbb mat2 saleh in his group semua tarik diri..way to go mat!!!) n then skydive (dia yg abis dulu wat aktivity for that day)...yus, aiza n izwan if i'm not mistaken wat shortover jet pg tu...fateen n anep lak g deer park..dating2 ngan rusa, llama...kambing2..hehe

after a buzy day that day...at night kitorg tgk harry potter rmai2 kt queenstown mall..anep, fateen, mun n tini layan transformers..tp harry potter tu frustrating gak la..xbest..semua benda dia nk include smpai nmpk crita tu jd cam kalut2...(rating 2 bintang je!)

Wednesday, August 8, 2007

nuevelle zealande- episode 10

14/07/07 (saturday) <-- 10th day!

Dramas of the Dramas!!!


pagi2 lg our car (which is kete anep, fateen, me nga
n has) wat hal...urgh!!!..we had a flat tyre..(smlm xprasan pn) n klu nk tukar tyre now, we might be late for the next schedule...so all 15 of us naik 3 cars only to Millford Sound also known as PioPioTahi for the cruise which menurut lonely planet is the world’s most scenic place

on our way..kitorg lalu 1 tunnel yg horror giler (Hemer's Tunnel)...dh la xde lampu
..gelap..cam xsiap je..dinding still simen lak tu...kuar2 je dr tunnel tu dh lalu tepi gaung...dh la jalan frost..licin...n snowy...giler mencabar!

on the cruise..we enjoyed the beautiful view..take lovely pics ala2 titanic..including with the korean tourists (makcik2 korea semua) -ade sorg pakcik korea tua minat hana..(haha)..for lunch, we had buffet yg kitorg share rmai2 sbb buffet tu mahal giler...nasib baik tea n coffee dia free..huhu

on the way blk..kitorg singgah main snow...we had a great snow fight..all the guys got snow in their pants (yus sorg je yg terlepas!)..we build a small snowman yg xjd sgt..(huhu xde skill
la)...made a snow angel too...tangkap bnyk giler family photo...

then bila dh smpai YHA blk, xsedar lak yg kete izwan (skali dgn aiza, anep, fateen ngan pojoe) xde kt blakang..tgu punya lama but still diorg xsmpai lg..dh msg tp diorg mayb xde coverage..n then tiba2 anep ngan fateen smpai (diorg tumpang 1 caravan nih)..diorg ckp kete izwan tiba2 mati tgh jalan...so anep n yamud went back ngan kete mat to rescue izwan, aiza ngan pojoe (pojoe masa tu pkai shorts + slipar jepun ngan stokin roxy fateen sbb sejuk sgt) yg still stranded..5 jam lebih diorg stranded (kesian giler)..yus lak xabis2 rasa besalah sbb tukar kete ngan pojoe before diorg stranded tu...

the rest g tolong shakur ngan mat tukar tayar kete anep..unfortunately bila blk je dr Millford Sound tu..we found another flat tyre kt kete anep (mat masa tu dh menyumpah2 NZ car rentals)...so 1 tyre tukar ngan spare tyre yg xleh exceed 80 km/h n the other one pinjam spare tyre kete alan...barang2 dr kete anep pulak kitorg unloaded tepi jalan skali dgn brg2 kete mat sbb kete mat guna tuk amek diorg yg tgh standed tu ngan brg2 diorg skali...(which is lepas tu kitorg sorok je kt carpark yg kosong kt celah2 kete kt YHA tu)

before that, sbb sejuk sgt..kitorg masuk la YHA tuk panaskn badan..but then kena halau
ngan makcik YHA tu sbb kitorg dh check out pagi td..bila dia tgk kitorg still kt car park n xblah2 lg dia pn dtg n bila dh tau kete kitorg wat hal dia pn suh masuk dlm YHA tu blk (but still dia xbg kitorg masak apa2 kt dapur dia)..so kitorg pn lepak2 la kt situ smbil makan roti sapu jem je smtara tgu dak2 stranded smpai

then dlm kol 7pm lebih, diorg pn smpai..kete izwan mmg xleh nk wat apa2 dh so kitorg tgl je kt tmpat td n let the authorities uruskn...kitorg then terus bergerak g Queenstown (ngan kelajuan 60km/j- spare tyre nye pasal)..smpai2 Queenstown kol 10 lebih..the rest dok YHA LakeFront while me anep has ngan fateen dok backpackers lain yg 8km from YHA (sejuk giler sbb heater xjalan- kitorg tido around minus 7 without sleeping bags!)...very tiring ngan ngantuk...what a day!..so the drama la kn~


Monday, August 6, 2007

nuevelle zealande- episode 9

13/07/07 (Friday)<-- 9th day!

Drive all the way to Te Anau...singgah Haast sbb has nk bergambar dekat signboard (sbb Haast tu sounds like her name..haha- prasan!)


we lost track of Izwan's car..so kitorg singgah 1 pitstop nih utk bergambar smbil tgu dia lalu...but then he must have missed it..so we continue our journey (masa tu Izwan in
gat kitorg still ahead of him padahal kitorg kt blakang..nk msg pn xde coverage)

then kitorg reunite with izwan, aiza ngan yus kt Puzzling World..but before masuk tempat tu..kitorg g hiking jap kt hill dpn Puzzling World nih sbb Redzy ckp leh nmpk view of Wanaka Lake (dia penah dtg cni b4- tp dia lupa nk mention yg hiking tu tinggi giler n penat nk mampus kn)..nasib baik view dia lawa..berbaloi gak penat2 pn...hehe..pojoe said that he could see 'Subway' from up there...

then, lepas penat hiking..kitorg g Puzzling World...amazing..very amazing...macam2 ade...nk describe pn xtau camne nk describe bout that place...ade macam2 gambar yg ade kaitan ngan ilusi optic...pastu ade 1 room nih yg senget..semua benda dlm tu senget...even bila masuk pn rasa pening...than ade 1 hall nih where there are faces of popular people such as nelson mandela n madam teressa n many more (can't recall their names) surrounding the wall n then when u enter, it seems that their eyes are watching u as u move around the hall...there's another room where when u stand at 1 side...u would look much shorter than if u stand at the other side of the room (u'll notice it when u saw it on the camera or watching it from the outside window) <--hope u all get what i'm trying to explain here..huhu

then there's a maze (ala2 harry potter nye maze but it's made of wood rather than bushes)...kitorg main 'sapa smpai all 4 of the towers yg ade at
every corners tu dulu'...mmg best n pening nk cr jalan dia...(mat nye group mng that maze!)..n not to mention toilet dia..where ade painting besar outside the toilet which shows the ancient Rome toilet (gmbar org buang air rmai2...tu pn jd attraction utk kitorg bergambar..haha)

then before heading to Te Anau..kitorg singgah makan kebab (ade kedai turkish jual kebab halal kt situ)...kalah Subway kt sebelah tu..even pojoe pn xpandang Subway..haha...sejuk2 kitorg makan kt luar kedai tu...then bila dh kenyang..br kitorg continue our journey to Te Anau

nuevelle zealande- episode 8

12/07/07 (thursday)<--8th day!

ari nih kitorg g glasier hiking kt Franz Josef..lepas pack2 lunch which is pasta yg kitorg masak malam semalam...jalan kaki g register point dia (dekat je)...lepas daftar, g tukar kasut boot, amek jaket, topi n glove...

semua org pegi kecuali yamud sbb ade confusion sket dlm booking2 nih masa tu...yamud try daftar pagi tu tp xleh sbb mmg dh penuh...(sian yamud)

kitorg split into 2 groups; the rest dlm 1 group kecuali me, fateen, has ngan yus in another group...(lunch2 semua dlm group satu lg so nnt lunch time kitorg akan catch up blk ngan group satu lg tu)

before smpai glasier tu..naik bas dr register point..kena jungle tracking dlm hutan...br smpai kt kaki glasier tu..before naik..instructor tu tunjuk ajar camne nk pasang spike kt boot...sbb mmg jalan2 dia slippery n dangerous!

kitorgnye instructor dtg dr jepun..(has ckp dia sgt hensem!)...(tp rasanya instructor group satu lagi -Troy lg hot kot..haha- nama pn Troy kn)...instructor tu crita glasier nih berubah2 every two weeks...so each time kitorg nk lalu..instructor tu kena pajak2 blk track dia...kitorg kena naik bridge..panjat2...masuk ice cave yg sempit giler..lalu celah2 ice..seyes lawa giler view dr atas glasier tu....best!!...tp penat giler!...anep lak terpijak lopak ais..(sebelah kaki masuk lopak tu smpai peha!- cuak2!!)

lunch time kitorg jumpa the other group kt atas glasier tu..diorg masa tu dh makan dh pasta (xtgu kitorg pn!-huhu) n then sambung blk our journey...kitorg nye journey 3-quarter-day..around kol 4-5 br blk register point tu blk- kitorg jmp sorg young malaysian-indian instructor nih (was born in klang..sekolah kt perlis!)- terkejut giler dia ckp melayu masa kitorg br smpai register point tu- what a small world!