Queenstown

Day 2 at Queenstown. It is a scenic town and popular for adrenaline seeking junkies. I believe the town survives on tourism. It offers a lot of outdoor sport activities, bungy jumping, sky gliding, white water rafting, etc. After our hearty breakfast we headed to the skyline gondola up to the hill. All of us including Cipa tried the ”luge”. We had our lunch before be headed down to Queenstown downtown. One good thing about the tourist attraction here is the food. No matter how remote and exclusive the place is, I find the food price is reasonable. It was fun and another sunny day.

Had some shopping in the afternoon. The camp that we stayed was excellent with a small creek next to our campervan. Big fish swimming leisurely.

Met a malay lady, from Kuala Kangsar working at the supermarket while we shopped for our groceries. Managed to get halal beef patties from her.

While on the way to Queenstown

Some interesting photos and places along the way to Queenstown

Cerita Mount Cook

We stayed at Glentanner Caravan Park, Mount Cook. The next day we continued our trip to the Sir Hillary Alpine Centre followed by our excursion to the Blue Lake Glasier. The weather was good. Supposed to leave at 1.50pm by bus to the lake but had to wait for the late commers and I bet with my HM that they were most probably Asians. Yup... I won my bet... luckily they were not Malaysians.

This place is totally awesome with turquise colour lake, snow capped mountains and glorious sunshine.. The kids enjoyed the boat ride and had a chance to taste the 300 year old ice, from the melting iceberg. Were informed that the glasier advances about 80 meters but recedes about 300 meters yearly.

Saw this toilet while on the way to the lake. Must be the toilet with one of the most beautiful view in the world....

Selamat Hari Raya Haji

Hari raya haji tahun ni disambut dalam perjalanan dari Fox Glasier ke Mount Cook. Singgah sebentar di sebuah pantai yang penuh dengan batu batu yang ditulis dan disusun oleh pengunjung. Macam Sudirman nanyikan tu.... "tulis nama atas batu...." Tak ketinggalan juga ucapan Selamat Hari Raya dari kami sekeluarga.

Fox Glasier & Lake Matheson

Our day 3 on South Island. Fox Glasier is on the west coast of South Island. We had a jungle trackking along Lake Matheson in the morning. The lake is also known as "The mirror lake" for the obvious reason.

The next stop was the Glasier. Had to walk for 20 min to reach the tail end of the glasier. The weather was windy and cloudy.

While on the way to Fox Glasier

Left our 1st. campsite early in the morning heading to the west coast of the South Island. Visited the location where The Lord of the Ring and Nania were filmed.

We were overdosed by the beautiful sceneries....while on the way to Fox Glasier. Arrived Fox Galsier at 7pm, the ladies are cooking dinner.. recepies for tonite... spaghetti, scallops, mussels & potato salad......

NZ, Here We Come

This is our "home" for the next 2 weeks exploring the South Island.

Visited the Botanical Garden and Christchurch downtown this afternoon. The weather has been good but windy. Will start our journey tomorrow to the southern parts of the Island...