Travel with Clementtheawe

Saturday, 18 November 2017

Day 8 [Christchurch - Singapore]

Today, we left the hotel to the Airport we came from, Christchurch International Airport.

We checked in and finished all the procedures and boarded the plane for our 10 hour flight back to Singapore.

So that was my trip to New Zealand, hope you liked it as much as I did.

Friday, 30 December 2016

Day 7 [Queenstown - Mt Cook - Christchurch]

Today, we started on our trip back to Christchurch.

We passed by Mrs Jones Fruit Orchard to collect our packed fruits and do some more shopping.

Then, we took a 1 hour ride to Omarama Township for lunch at Merino Country Cafe.

After the meal, we wanted to go to the salmon farm but it was closed on Christmas day. So, we went to Lake Pukaki instead.

Lake Pukaki

So Magnificent

Then we headed for the Church of Good Shepard and Lake Tekapo.

Lake Tekapo

Church of Good Shepard

Then we went to Farmers' Corner with Alpacas and a GST free shop. We got some Alpaca food and went to the field.

After that, we went to the shop and went for dinner.

Then, we went back to our hotel, Heartland Hotel Christchurch Cotsworld.

Day 6 [Queenstown]

Today, we woke up and left to the port where the TSS Earnslaw was.

We got our tickets and boarded the TSS Earnslaw. We were headed to Walter Peak High Country Farm.

TSS Earnslaw

Ticket

On board the boat

Mountains

The Lunch Venue

When we reached, we went to watch a sheep shearing show.

The sheep

After shearing

Then, we headed to see sheep dogs in action.

Shepard dogs

The sheep

Then, we went to eat our New Zealand BBQ buffet lunch.

The Restaurant

Then we waited for TSS Earnslaw to bring us back to Queenstown.

When we reached, we decided to ride the jet boat. It was fun, but you may get wet.

Then, we relaxed before leaving for dinner and slept for tomorrow.

Day 5 [Queenstown]

So today, we went to Fiordland National Park and Milford Sound.

We woke up early to avoid the crowd of tourists.

We took a 2 hour ride all the way to Te Anau township. It was a super long drive but I slept most of the way.

Then we went to Fiordland National Park and all the photo stops.

The Pit stop

Photo stop 1

Mirror Lake

It's a perfect refelction

Clear water river

More mountains

The views

Nice Mountains

Looks like an Elephant in the middle

More of the Elephant

Rushing waters

The Port

Mountains

View on board the cruise

Once we reached the port, we got our tickets and boarded the cruise. Our tickets contained the pass for the buffet on board so when we boarded, we went down for our buffet lunch.

The ticket

My plate

After the 1 hour cruise ride around Milford sound, we went back to Queenstown by bus, which took 3 hours.

Views

Once we reached the hotel, we went out to eat at Kim's Korean Restaurant and Bar.

Then, we went back to the hotel to rest.

Thursday, 29 December 2016

New Zealand Trip (Day 4)

Day 4 [West Coast - Queenstown]

Today, we took our long journey from West Coast to Queenstown.

We took a 1 hour and 30 minute bus ride to Haast Pass Visitor Centre for a toilet break before heading to Haast Pass.

The Mountains

Then, we passed Mount Aspiring Park en route to have our lunch at Makarora Country Cafe. At the cafe, they had the popular New Zealand special ice cream flavor, Hokey Pokey.

Hokey Pokey Ice Cream

After lunch, we left the cafe to head to lake Wanaka and lake Haewa. The views from the lakes were mesmerizing, it looks as if they were fake.

Lake Haewa

Lake Wanaka

Then, we headed to Mrs. Jones Fruit Orchard. They sell a lot of different fruits either fresh or dried. They also sell fruits in packs of 1 to 2 kg and they will package them nicely for you to bring home as check in baggage.

After placing our orders, we left to Kawarau Bridge Bungy Lookout to see people bungy jump. There are also a lot of other activities like Zip-lining and the Drop.

Zip Line

Bungy Jump

Then, we left to Arrow Town, an old mining town. It is quite photogenic for a small town, from the river out back to the shops in the town. It has an olden english feel to the town.

The hills behind the town

A bar in the town

After the photo shoots, we took the bus to Queenstown for our dinner.

We reached our hotel and unloaded our luggage before we left the hotel and went to Lakeside Chinese Seafood Restaurant for our Abalone Lobster Salmon Seafood dinner.

Then, we went back to our hotel after shopping and slept.

Tuesday, 27 December 2016

New Zealand Trip (Day 3)

Day 3 [Christchurch - West Coast]

Today, we went to the Christchurch train station for the TranzAlpine train up to Arthur Pass.

The Train

The TranzAlpine Train journey was about 2 hours and 30 minutes. The train went through a lot scenery and had a live commentary on board in English and Mandarin. There are 2 cafes and 2 open air carriages on the train.

View from the open-air carriage

After sitting in the carriage, I decided to head to the open-air carriage. It was very windy in the carriage, but it was worth it, the views were amazing from the carriage.

But after a while, I got tired and went back to the normal train carriages. After a while, I kinda slept in the carriage, but woke up soon before our station.

We alighted at Arthur Pass which is 737 metres above sea level.

The sign at the station

Then, we headed to Hokitika Town, famous for their Jade and Glass blowing.

At Hokitika, we ate our lunch, Subway. I decided to eat the steak and cheese as we cannot find it in Singapore.

Then we went for a bit of shopping before heading to the Hokitika Glass-blowing & Greenstone Factory.

After Hokitika, we headed to Franz Josef en route to Fox Glacier for a pit-stop and shopping.

Then we took it to Fox glacier. When we reached, we had to climb up some areas just to reach the glacier. There were many nice views, but there are areas with warnings as there may be avalanches. If the signs ask you to not stop, you have to listen to the instructions, for your safety.