Easter Break 3

On the second day of our trip, we woke up early for breakfast and be prepared for our ultimate goal of this trip- skydiving.

Once we reached our destination, they showed us a few packages. We decided to picked the highest altitude which is 15,000 ft which comes with t-shirt, DVD and photos. Trust me, skydiving is a cash burning activity, this whole package cost me 499NZD! YES. please slap me. -.- This cost more than my return air ticket from K.Lumpur to Kolkata + Columbo. aduiiiiii...... f**k it, can't be bothered, I guess this is the only time I will jump off the plane. After paying the fee, we're all set to go.

yes.. yes.. my name.

20 minutes of plane ride + 60 seconds of freefall + around 4 minutes of parachute + dvd with video and photos. BoooOth! bye bye 499NZD. I don't care, I just gonna do it this time! Well, I have to admit that while travelling up to the sky, the view of Lake Taupo was stunning! ekhem... of cause, you will be able to realise only if you are calm enough during that 20 minutes ride. Once we've reached a certain altitude, the dive master gave us no time to ponder at all as he'll be pushing you to the door. At the same time, the cameraman hanging at the side of the door smiling happily waiting for u to FALL!

syok-ness

adrenaline rush!

Supa man!

The magnificent view of Lake Taupo

The end of freefall.

Overall, it was a great experience. If you want to ask how was it, I would strongly suggest you to give it a try, then we can share our experience later on. ;)

After skydiving, it's time to say bye bye to Taupo. Our next destination is student city, Palmerston North!

As usual, we will stop by and take some photos whenever we see something interesting. ;)

took some photos with our ride. :)

front view

he is a darn good poser

arh! satu lagi

kacak vs hodoh

last photo of Lake Taupo before we depart to Palmy

While driving from Taupo to Palmy, we pulled over at Tongariro National Park. It's not as green as other parts of New Zealand as it is sitting at a volcanic plateau. I've tried the world-renownedTongariro Alpine Crossing last year and it was pretty amazing and I would strongly recommend this 18.5km track to everyone. : )

See, it's brown in colour

sorry mate, a bit childish =P

Mt Ruapehu i guess

Right after National Park, we reached a small town called Taihape around 4.30pm.This time, we decided to try our luck again for bungee in Mokai Gravity Canyon. We have to rush before it closes at 5pm, therefore, our next Malaysian F1 driver-Ken Chan (Ipoh mari) has no choice but to accelerate to the max in order to get our ass there on time. 0.0

Ken's proved that he qualified to become our next F1 driver

It was 4.50pm when we reached Gravity Canyon and we thought that we won't be able to make it again. However, one of the crew member told us that they can fit us in as their last 3 customer of the day. Since it was already pretty late, after paying 120NZD, we head straight to the bridge and 1,2,3 BUNGY!!! one big leap and enjoy!

the bridge

once u reached this platform. NO TURNING BACK

Curious what kind of force make us so eager to burn more than half a thousand to jump twice in a day?

Itulah dia!

After skydiving and bungee. I'm quite sure that I won't go for skydiving anymore unless someone willing to pay for me simply because it is just too costly! whereas I think bungee jumping is way cheaper and I love the feeling of jumping off the platform :) I would love to do more jumps in other places in near future :)

We received our certificate after our jump. : )

Once we finished our jump, we continue our journey south to Palmy!

The Square

Palmerston North is a small and pretty town with some great restaurant. If you want some pizza in Palmy, there is a small restaurant located at CBD called Pompeii. I'm pretty sure everyone in this town knows about it.

tsk tsk.. this is what he loves to do after dinner

Right after dinner, we met up one of my long lost friend, Ching Xiu who is currently studying in Messey University. Ching Xiu brought us to her university and a petrol station which serve yummy ice cream. woo!

On the next morning, we went to Woodville which is not far from Palmerston North for......

THIS!

wind farm

aisheh~

he is always cute

We spent around 20 minutes taking photos of the wind farm and off we go to the capital of New Zealand, Wellington! :D

to be continued...

Easter Break 2

The next morning is one of the highlight of the trip, we bought our Gondola ticket at the i-site in Rotorua town center which comes with two Luge ride as well as one Sky Swing.

Here are some of the photos I took while traveling up to Mt. Ngongotaha. ;)

Gondola Cableway

Inside Gondola

Once we reached the top, we queue up for our 1st Luge ride. I took one photo before the Luge ride however I took more while we travel back to the top once we finished our ride. :)

Luge ride

queuing for chairlift.

chairlift and Luge track.

lonely uncle travel up alone :(

After the 1st ride. We decided to go for......

Sky Swing!

This Sky Swing is 50m above sea level. Frankly, it was not bad. Worth a try at least ;) After the swing, we took some pictures and continue our second Luge Ride.

Our abang here has to report to his 'boss' after the ride. tsk tsk...

Ignore his perasan-ness -.-

After Gondola, we head to another famous spot-Lake Taupo, which is not far from Rotorua.

While travelling to Rotorua, we stopped by a Maori village. :D

After the stop, I went to the backseat to take some rest.

Here are some random shots.

our 'entau bah'

After a short and relaxing drive, we reached Taupo around 4.45pm and we wanted to do Bungee at Taupo Bungy but unfortunately, we were a bit too late as there were too many people queuing to jump. Therefore, we have no choice but to wait for another day.

We stopped by Lake Taupo and took some photos before sunset.

We parked at the side of the lake and we grilled some fish and chicken, and of cause some real good Chardonnay as well. After dinner, we stopped by a holiday park and get some rest and prepare for Skydiving in the next morning. yeeharh!

Easter Break

ellos! Long time no see. I just got back from my trip! woO!

Yes, I know, Easter break suppose to be a study break but I decided to travel instead with these two monkeys:

Chun Ming

&

Ken

yeaP! they are my beloved housemates. ;)

We didn't really plan anything for this trip, however, all three of us pretty sure that our ultimate goal is to do skydiving in Taupo. Therefore, a week before the trip, we went online to look for the best deal in town. Given the fact that most of the skydiving companies are offering package with around the same price, we decided to give Freefall a try.

Once we've done booking online, we went down to town to search for a camper van which is affordable for 3 poor student like us. Unsurprisingly, Escape Camper gave us the cheapest rate with 69NZD a day.

On the very 1st day of our trip, we woke up pretty early to prepare our food and to pick up our camper van in the city. Once we've reached the car rental company, Chun Ming and I were pretty nervous as there were so many kinds of layout for each and every camper van they have in the garage and we are not sure which car are they going to give us. Some look really cool like the one with Bruce Lee but they also have a few which we feel is quite eWw as well.

I'm not really sure whether our camper van is cool or not but overall, we were quite satisfy with our ride.

ladies and gentlemen, jenG jeNg JENG!!!

PIMP

ma

RIDE

After we've done preparing, we head off to Hamilton. Well, we din't do much in Hamilton but we did stop for a while at the famous Hamilton Garden.

Oh ya! not to forget my macho housemate! He saw a little Maori boy jumping off a tree into the pond and he wanted to give it a try! lols!

this is the lil boi!

&

my macho buddy!

arh.. not this -.-

KEN CHAN! WooO!!

After finished visiting the garden, we went to another tourist attraction- Rotorua. By the time we reached Rotorua, it's already 6pm, therefore, we decided to get some rest early and cooked some nice dinner together with some wine. phew Wit!

To be continued......