the longest trip in nz

Eastland, Hawker bay,Wellington, Picton, Nelson, Farewell Spit, Hokitika, Greymouth, Queenstown, Arrowtown, Milford Sound, southland, Mt Cook, Kaikorua, Hanmer Spring.

Christchurch...... and back home

this trip is our last trip in North island. n the 1st day we start our crazy road trip journey

3d2n sleep car, no bath, cooking as camper, no more working life.

the last day i stay in Te Puke, i finally leaving this bloody place. no more bloody kiwi anymore HURRAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Day 1

First we when to Papamoa hill for hiking. this hill very nice. very long walk. it take almost 2 hours return to car park. the view is so so to me. after this we heading to Eastland for the Eastcape the most east part in the world, mean first sunrise for the world & NZ. climbing more than 900 steps for the cape. crazy tired. too bad i make it sunset lol. we lazy to stay over night for the sunrise. on the road we meet a lot highway been washout by the raining season. the petrol here stupid expensive. most of the town here is country side. not much thing can do. nothing special also.

Day 2

morning having the wharf visit. the longest old wharf in NZ. crazy long...........

heading to Napier, a fancy town full of art, but not in winter season. too bad............

Te Mata Peak must go have time take the track. awesome challenge. I can't make it i got road to go

Hasting nothing to do there. Maybe weekend. haiz.................

finally overnight at Castle point

Day 3

having a sea side cooking breakfast.

i can't get Eastcape sunrise i get Castlepoint sunrise. taking while cooking breakfast at roadside.

after it having a great walk for for the cape side, is aw

esomely nice view

Castlepoint done, heading to Welington for ferry, & stay overnight at Lower Hutt

Day 4 morning

we taking ferry to Picton

good bye to north island

sleep at car not bath at all

this trip 1111km++

after 3 hours ferry we finally reach Picton 1st step in South Island

we head to Blenhim , Nelson, Motueka, & Farewell sprit

i meet my fren when i at Motueka, they working Ice cream seem like they very happy.

in the end we stay over night at Farewell sprit.

Day 4

Track at Farewell Sprit. awesome walk. sand beach like desert.

after breakfast from there heading to Abe Tasman tracking again. today full of tracking

seal visit also can be done here

we separate 2 way track at the Abe Tasman. time limit

after the awesome track at Abe Tasman. we head to Motueka again for the BBH stay. n gathering with y friends.

the first day bath for the last 4 day. sleep on bed.

feel like miss my 7 feet bed at Malaysia.

Day 5

We continue our journey. Nelson Lake. Nelson have 2 lake both having a pretty nice view. i feel so peaceful here.

next stop West cost.

pancake rock miracle place just a nice exploration

Hokitika

over night at car again at here

Jade town. spent a lot money there for Jade T^T

Day 6

Fox & Frank Joseb

nice track must try but tired

Lake Matheson. I cry for it the view for the mirror super nice T.T

the place i regret i didn't bring my SLR along.

end up we over night at Haast

Day 7

all the way to Milford

we check up at Arrowtown n Queenstown. this 2 town have some French style very nice

very peace town i love it , but spending here very expensive

Te Anau last town to Milford Sound.

driving for 2 hours to the port.

over night at the port car park.

been bite by damn bug.

Day 8

morning Milford Sound cruze trip. Expect too high. make us disappointed. Maybe weather not good.

but we enjoy the snow after the cruze. i make my first snow man n snow fight.

having a crazy road way out to Te Anau.

Day 9

a very surprising sunrise. i waiting it for 2 hour in the early morning with the crazy strong wind.

in the middle way, we had our 2nd time bath at beach side near Nugget Point get bite by those damn bug again damn....

afternoon heading to Dunedin nice city, the building just like France style. there have Chinese park but i didn't drop down there. i have not interest to there XD

after Dunedin, heading to Omaru. But we stop in the middle for the way for stay over night.

day 10

morning we stop by Moeraki Boulders. is a weird rock, is a nature rock in a round shape. can't make sense at all....

Afternoon we reached Omaru, a historic town. Kiwi try to crossover the town with the steampunk statue. Steampunk make a great job their skill i really salute it.

we when to library for internet & battery charging.... XD

after done, we continue again to Mt. Cook the highest mountain in the Australia.

but we only can view it from very far. We had too tired for the tracking after saw the sign board.

next stop Lake Tekapo, is a very big lake. in the spring season will be very nice the lake will cover will blossom flower. too bad what i saw only cover by rock

we overnight in somewhere just beside the road while we on the way to Timaru.

Day 11

Timaru not a special town, we stop by just for email something very important to someone.

less than 1 hour our mission done. n we just leave there direct.

First waterfall visit. tracking for the waterfall. on the beginning we met a old man he told us he use to track here 3 times a week . +.+ the track is quite danger for him actually, i can see how active he is....

finally we end up over night at picnic area again....

Day 12

My buddy wake me up in the morning cause of the weird sunrise. what i saw it the sky is cover by the red cloud, the sky just like red sea. after a while the red change to dark and getting raining, so to us we need to depart to avoid rain.

Heading to Hanmers Spring.

nothing special on the way. Drive till sleepy.... ~.~

in the late afternoon we arrived because we are early in from our timetable. so we need to slow down for the enjoying. after a short rest we have a waterfalls track again. this track is more danger. better don't do it alone. the waterfall is higher than 3 floor, very high......

after done the track take a rest at in the town area. sleep in car again. ==

Day 13

we having a tracking again, for the Hanmers Spring look out.

we taken 2 hours to done it. the main purpose now is coming. the springs. hiek hiek hiek....

relax time, the 3rd bath time. the spring is very nice we having fun at there more than 3 hours.

till our skill all wrinkle.

cause of the wrinkle we can't stay longer, & we must leave. we going to the next town Kaikora

we having a overnight at the road side again.....

Day 15

wake up with the very nice sunrise again.... wohoo...

Kaikoro nothing here. Famous with wales, we didn't take it.

after a while we leave to our last stop Christchurch.

we have a overnight in the middle of the way

riverside..........

Day 16

We repack up all our stuff, and clean up the car by river

heading to Christchurch.

this after quake city. is very sad. many place been close down. many place cant get in.....

Many thing happen to us in here as well....

this the finally we manage to get a better place to stay.

staying in a small wood house. can view star every night. pretty nice ...............

i have around 10 days will staying there

and my buddy already going to other place try to get job..

South Island Road trip 3337KM++

My journey in NZ finally done.........

total i done 10,000 km ++ for NZ

cover 80%++ in NZ

22nd Sept 2011 the day i fly back home...

Mt Maunganui hiking

First day hiking since in NZ already 5 months

4 of us day off we decided hiking at Mt Maunganui

today sunny crazy strong the sea crazy blue n crazy clear

the mood is nice, we use 45 min to hiking to the summit. the view is awesome

SWEET AS!!!!!!!

Hamilton

big city with a very nice garden

nothing much can do here.i been here several time

Hamilton return 246 km++

coromandel

crazy 1 day trip

morning raining received call by contractor today can't work. then we suddenly decided go Coromandel for travel. A 6 hours driving 12 hours travel trip

this trip all about beach side . is suppose have a lot nice beach side photo but we end up not much cause raining.

nothing can say here. all the road here is crazy sharp, the first time i drive till my both hand can't let go from the steering .

thing i found here was some weird road, 1 feet long muscle. the L&P drink is nice.

this trip 425km ++

taranaki, northland

3d2n trip (sleep car, no bath)

another crazy trip again.

Firstly we planing go to summit our visa for extent, travel in Taranaki area(southwest of north island), but we end up gone to Northland. Is a crazy idea from my mate.

first day (rainy day)

this day our trip like chasing rainbow, we been seen uncountable rainbow in this day. the road to Taranaki is awesome adventure. remember the world forgotten highway must try(remember if your driving skill not good dun take this risk). In this crazy highway have 250 km. in between it no petrol station. There have some off road, some danger cliff road, a republic village, and the most thing the hobbit tunnel. u will wonder how the people make all this kind of this in the crazy highway very long time ago. after 2 hours driving in the highway we finally reach the first town of Taranaki name Stratford. A small town nothing to do there we had lunch n continue the road trip. Next we drive along the surf highway. This highway have all the surf beach along it, but no one

will surf in winter time crazy cold and danger. along the road we meet some weird cliff view(1st time running against strong wind will make feel like out of breath very hard n very tired) and the Cape Egmont. the sadness is we can't see any sign of the Mt Egmont, it cover by thick cloud ai........ We keep driving on the road till we reach New Plymouth the biggest town in Taranaki. this town is a modern town, fancy, big, but nothing can do to us.

after turning around the town, n we end up sleeping at the car park facing the open sea ,Tasman sea

day 2

we going to Hamilton summit our passport, in the middle way. We luckily meet the white cliff sign board, and we dare the went in with the warning that season close. I had no regret i been there. First time i saw something like a goddess place. is a big big WOW !!! we spent a lot time there taking photo, we like crazy for this place.

after crazy we getting hungry n we have to leave to get food too bad...

while on the way to Hamilton, my mate told

me how about we go Northland by today after we done summit, and i end up agree his idea & we head to Northland after Hamioton. While we in the middle way to the most north we have a naps.

Day 3

early morning we start depart with full dark, in the road we can't see anything except tree & shape turn, till we reach 1 of the look out point. is a very nice place we having sunrise view there n breakfast. Then we having more than 5 hours drive to the north of the north mean Cape Reinga. u can see the photo down there, is a awesome place but too bad we can walk too much there we dun have a right shoes to do that.

after this we heading back to Auckland to meet 1 friends. then we rush for the 6 hours drive to Auckland, we end up dinner at 10pm .

after the meet up head back to Te Puke.

this trip 2183km ++

Rotoroa

town of Maori history

this town is a very nice town i been here few time.

I like the feeling here, I like the garden, I like the style here, I like the hot pools here, I hate the stupid smell here.

this is a beautiful town. peace n warm. just the stu

pid sulfur smell is killing my nose.

i had tattoo in this town.

the 1st time i here it make me fall in love with the garden n the lake. kiwi use to jogging in the garden n lake side. it make i also wish to do that.

but sorry for the smell.

Te Puke(Kiwi town)

Te Puke

I been staying here more than 5 months. this town as known as kiwi town. the main kiwi producing are in this town, n most of the kiwi job also belong here. this place is like a curse i keep staying here for more than 5 months just for working for this blooding kiwi, from the fruit to pack, then go back to the tree. you ask me still love kiwi. i bloody say out very very loud I HATE IT!!!!!

this town is a very small town. nothing special, not much entertainment, just bloody kiwi.

not much can say for this town. just bloody memories in here XD

enjoy the picture i have n some video i did while free

Taupo, Mt Tongariro/Rapehu, Rotoroa, Maketu

10th july 2011 rainning day.

1st 2d1n trip in NZ. since i still nid to work in the sunny day so i cant go anywhere in it. My fren n 1 decided to have a trip while raining day mean our off day. we suddenly decided to go for Taupo, Mt Tongariro, Rotoroa,& Maketu.

we depart from Te puke to Taupo we use 2 hours only reached Taupo.is already late afternoon. When we arrive was very heavy rain we cant take any picture for it. but the late is crazy big.

*Great Lake Taupo

the biggest lake in NZ. Kiwi told us that all the kiwi can go inside this lake & this lake is as big as singapore. this lake is a volcanic lake(mean is a volcano long ago & dead now so cover with water n become lake).

first to first we reached there call a kiwi fren. coz we going to stay his place for 1 nite. His name call Dave. is a nice guy. after we meet up he bring us to the open spring water. that place is awesome nice. many pretty girl there also(no picture show want to see go there yourself). after the hot spring the iconic place for the Taupo . the Huka Fall, is a free spot. this place is a myth no idea who, how, when it will become like tat but u can see the picture at the slide show. the water is crazy strong. i wonder if there down inside th

ere how i end up.

after the city town visit. Dave going to cook us a nice dinner. thanks to Dave he really a very good chief.

the next day early morning heading to Mt Tongariro/Rapehu. Driving 2 hours from Taupo to there. is a snow cap mountain, but too bad our timing not right we couldn't the mountain top is too fogy even driving also danger. we have a tea with 1 of a Taiwan's friend Allen. after few hour we heading back to Te puke our working town.

On the way back we stop by any free travel spot or look out place.

next stop Rotoroa, is a Maori town. there got a lot hot pool. 1 of the famous travel place is the Wai O Tapu (hot spring wonderland) this hot pool

need to pay, is quite expensive also. so we decided drop it. but next to it have a mug pool. u can have a look in the slide show. there got video for the mug pool. we just have a drop in Rotoroa town city as u can see i already been there before this. u can see picture from there.

next stop Maketu. this place is a beach nothing special just have a big kiwi sign And a very nice pie(i never try before). tat day sunset very nice so we decided went to the Maketu beach for the sunset. the view is pretty nice, for sunset must go for it.

this Trip 464KM ++