In the Search for Kiwis: PART VI

On this morning, woke up early - 6.30A.M and went to watch the sunrise after getting ready. It really was something, especially when the clouds were right above where the sun was coming up, so the light that reflected back had bits of pink, orange and yellow. ♥

Edited this one on Instagram but below is one my dad took, unedited. (: 

So after breakfast, we packed our bags to leave, and we went to another place where we could feed and mingle with alpacas which are so cute. Anyhoo, here are some pictures. (:

After buying some things over there, we headed to Christchurch to have lunch. However, since we were leaving to Australia that day, we had to depart our tour guide and join with another guy to tour a bit of Christchurch before heading towards the airport. We went to a botanic garden which was really nice. (:

So we headed off to the airport, said our 'goodbyes' and 'thank yous' and chilled before our gate was open. Got our luggage checked in and everything, and just looked around the shops. There was this really cute vintage looking store named 'Toi Toi' or something and everything inside was so cute but expensive. I seriously wanted everything there. Edited photos I took instore with Instagram. (:

Really really want that bag. The price? - $300 something. 

 Really wanted this mug but was really really expensive.

Cute SCRABBLE mug. 

Anyhoo, we had dinner on the plane which I actually forgot to take a photo of. Watched 'The Darkest Hour' and some of 'Immortal' on the plane. Such good movies! ♥

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Feel free to check out the other parts.

Click for PART I, PART II, PART III, PART IV, and PART V.

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Michelle ♥

In the Search for Kiwis: PART V

We started by travelling to Dunedin, and by the time we got there, it was time for lunch, so we had lunch at this nice Chinese restaurant, again. Then we had free time to 'explore' the city. They had really nice cathedrals and what not. ;D

My dad took this photo, isn't the lighting something? ;D ♥

So after looking around, we drove to the 'World's Steepest Street' to walk it. And buy a certificate for it. ♥ It was definitely hard to climb it, it was seriously steep. The street is called Baldwin Street. ;D

From here, you can see how steep the road is by looking at the angle of the houses, LOL. 

And how it looks about half way up the street. 

The view was amazing as well! ♥ 

Afterwards, we drove to some beach that before the sun set and they had the most interesting rocks ever, LOL. They were really round, and one of them was broken and you can also say their relatively hollow. :/ Stood on one to take some photos though. (: 

The rock I was talking about. :P 

The rock. ;D So round. ♥

So after that, we went to a lookout to watch the sunset before heading off to watch these penguins come onto the beach. The cameras couldn't focus on the sunset, and we weren't allowed to take photographs of the penguins, but they were really cute. After watching them, we went to dinner at another hotel, which was steak which sides. It was so good, since I love my steaks medium rare! ♥

Anyhoo, chilled in our rooms afterwards, and went to bed. (:

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Michelle x

In the Search for Kiwis: PART IV

We left kinda early this time, and headed to some place called 'Mirror Lakes' where the water is so still and clear, it's like a mirror. To an extent, yes it does look like it. (:

It does look like a mirror doesn't it? ;D

We went to go to this creek and filled our bottles up with the pure spring water. It tasted so pure, and really nice! Just different.

Anyhoo, went on another cruise at Milford Sound, but this time on an actual cruise ship with a lunch buffet. The buffet food was so good! And the view was gorgeous, so food + view = heaven. HAHA.

The cruise. (: 

My lunch. ;D

The view. (Y) 

On the way back to shore, we spotted a really cute seal on the rocks. ;D

After we left, there was this massive brick of ice and snow that was in this area, don't know where, but took photos of it. (:

Then we drove to some other river/creek and it was beautiful as well!

When we got to our hotel afterwards, we had freetime for a while and we went to the beach right next to the hotel and it was really beautiful! ♥

We had dinner afterwards at another Chinese restaurant and went off to our rooms.

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Love,
Michelle ♥

In the Search for Kiwis: PART III

So the day started off by eating breakfast at a really nice place. (: The view was amazing there and took some photos from the balcony after eating.

So we were in the coach when the tour guide asked if anyone wanted to go bungy jumping, and I just spontaneously raised my hand and decided I would. When we arrived at the destination of the bridge, I immediately chickened out. But since it was one of the things I wanted to do before I die, I decided to suck it up and just do it. It was extremely pricey - $130 for child and I can't remember how much for adult but it was around $250. The place was called AJ Hackett BUNGY New Zealand and was the world's first bungy site.

Does it looks creepy from here? :D 

To say the least, it felt like free falling. Nothing really comes across your mind when you're in the air but afterwards it was like: 'Wow, I just bungy jumped, HAHA.' To this day, I'm still processing the fact that I did it. HAHA.

And yes, that is me. I took this photo of the photo I bought from them. 

So afterwards, I received a free T-Shirt as proof and a certificate. Since these kinds of opportunities don't come and go, bought the photo proof set that they took of the event which was $45. Pricey I know, but now I have something to brag about, ;) HAHA. ♥

After the shock of bungy jumping, we went to a winery and cheesery. HAHA, didn't know the word cheesery existed, LOL. It was really nice there, great lighting, so obviously, photos. ;P

We went inside the place and they had all these different jams that you could sample. They tasted so nice!

 I tried some of their cheeses since I personally LOVE cheese! ♥ And this one was the best one, in my opinion; Garlic & Chive Gouda. Wonder if I can get this in Australia. ;P

Best cheese ever! 

Afterwards, drove to a Chinese like garden place. Don't know what town this is but it was in a town. Was really pretty there, even had a little creek. (:

Walked around the town, and there was this really cute street that had all these shops. (: And found this really cute sheep that was chubby looking. Kinda expensive, and I ended up getting it cheaper at another souvenir store in Queenstown. (:

Went to have lunch afterwards at a Chinese restaurant. Lol, everything's Chinese. ;P After lunch we headed off on a steam boat to 'cruise' and the view was amazing! ♥ We had pretty good weather and it was really nice! Only thing was the coal started to rain down on us when the wind changed, and I had a lot of black marks that ended up on my white/cream jacket. >:(

Before we left, we went to an icecream stall that apparently had the best icecream there. I shared a cup with my mum since the one with the cone was massive! Got their special 'Banana Split' flavour which won two awards, and also 'Dark Chocolate'. (: They were really good! ♥ My sister got a cone with the flavour 'Vanilla and Cookies'.

My mum was holding ours, while my sister held hers. (: The banana split flavour tasted like these banana muffins I made last year. (: 

We went on a cable car afterwards, and the view was amazing as well, but the glass was so dirty that the camera couldn't really pick it up. So I actually stuck my hand out the window to take some photos. -.- Dangerous much, HAHA. Oh the extend I go to, just for my blog viewers. (Y)

After the cable car, everyone got to try this really famous place in Queenstown, called 'FERG BURGER', where it's apparently the best hamburger in New Zealand. We looked around in that little shop and the queue was so long, it was outside the shop for miles! So we preordered ours and it was so good! Wanted more, after finishing half of it. Best burger ever!!

Had dinner at another Chinese restaurant and went to another hotel. End of the third day. (:

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Love,
Michelle ♥

In the Search for Kiwis: PART II [ w/ plenty eyecandy ]

Second day at New Zealand was tiring with slight jet lag. Didn't take a photo of my breakfast, but it was Western style, and you serve your own. (: Really nice - toast, bacon and eggs. ♥

On the drive, stopped at some place where the water was really blue even though it was cloudy. It was really beautiful. The beach had rocks and everything. I'll let the photo speak for itself. (: ♥

Couldn't really capture the water so took some photos in the coach from my iPod. (: 

Don't even see how it's possible. Looks like paradise, if the weather wasn't so cold. 

Anyhoo, drove over to Mt. Cook which we couldn't see since the weather wasn't excellent. It was raining and really cloudy. So it basically covered the entire view of the mountain.

On the drive around Mt. Cook, we stopped on the road when we had this amazing view of another mountain. It was beautiful, still had a bit of ice at the top of it.

So we went into another place around Mt. Cook and I don't know what the name of it is. Can't seem to recall it. But it was like another museum. Took a photo through stained glass in the museum and surprisingly it turned out really nice. (:

There was a cute model of the mountain ranges and I took a photo of that, but doesn't really do it justice.

Had lunch there as well, I think. Can't really remember, but I had a creamy chicken pie which was quite pricey but really yummy. ♥

Went outside to the balcony area and can someone tell me what a kea is. There was a sign on the door:

Anyhoo, went downstairs where they had a cute museum of Mt. Cook's history and stuff. There was a book for feedback from tourists and I filled it out. It was really interesting reading comments from other people from different countries.

So after lunch and touring a bit, we drove to Queenstown, but before arriving there we had a couple of stops to other places. We stopped when there was sheep that was being herded across the road. My dad took a couple of photos from that. The herd was massive!

We stopped at another place where they had a fruit farm. There was a market and their fruit is quite different to Aussie fruit, more fresh I guess. (: Bought an icecream from there but didn't take a photo of it. Also bought a lotta fruit, but we couldn't take it back to Australia, so ate all of the good stuff. ♥

We got to Queenstown and we went had a bit of free time to wander around the place. Around 30 minutes before dinner. It was really nice, and we got to see some of the sunset. Since the town is situated near the dock, we took some photos. (:

So had dinner at some Chinese restaurant, checked into our hotel and slept.

That was it for the second day at NZ. Most beautiful place ever. I realised that their air is actually more fresh than Australia's and more unpolluted. ;D

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Love,
Michelle ♥