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