Category: Kia Ora – Christchurch & Queenstown

Final post of my NZ trip.

On the last day, first thing we did after checking out was hunt for lunch. I ended up having sushi again ;p

Left: Bought from two places and then I rearrange them into two different boxes. Those with salmon would be for lunch while the others would be reserve for dinner at the airport.
Right: After that, we went to Christchurch Botanic Garden. It’s just across the road and we only went there on the last day.

Just some random shoots, not much.

There’s a museum there. So we went in to have a look. Didn’t explore the whole museum though.

We went to the airport as early as we could even though our flight was in the evening. Wanted to take the bus but it rained. We ended up taking the shuttle, more expensive but better than having to dragged our heavy luggage all the way to the bus stop under the rain.

Spent a night in Melbourne airport and was back to Adelaide the next day early in the morning. It was tiring but it was a fun trip. Will I go back to NZ again? I doubt it will happen in near future. Will be based in Malaysia by then and flying from Malaysia to NZ certainly be more costly and gonna spend MYR instead of AUD by then.

Last but not least, these are the videos that summarized our road trip.

This is the video of us in the bus going to Queenstown from Christchurch (27/12/12).

Next, this is Milford Sound tour (29/12/12).

Lastly, from Queenstown to Christchurch (30/12/12).

On the first day of 2013, we decided to explore the rest of the shopping malls in Christchurch and other random places. One of them is University of Canterbury *LOL* It was in the Orbiter route. We just went down, had a look and hopped back on the bus in minutes ;p

Then we went to Northlands, one of the shopping malls.

Bought our lunch here and guess what?!?! Sushi again! We bought the lunch deal, they have different lunch deal everyday. Lucky us, it was the day of the salmon *SLURP*

Next, it’s another shopping mall, The Palms. It seemed big but nothing much to see. It was a bit of a let down to us. I guess we’ve been to Westfield Riccarton already, so the rest of the major shopping malls were nothing much to us anymore. Guess what?!?! I wanted to buy a small bottle of wine at a supermarket here to bring back as souvenir but I wasn’t allowed to buy it because I failed to produce my passport and they didn’t recognize any other ID.

Lots sushi shops here. Bought a teriyakki rice ball (I think it’s NZD4.90) here for my dinner.

Our lunch, McD. Chicken burger and apple pie. Total for both was less than NZD4. Wanted to go over to KFC across the road for the lunch deal but we were 15 minutes late.

We decided to go to Lyttelton, port town on the north shore of Lyttelton Harbour.

It’s badly damaged by the earthquake too.

I stayed there for about half hour only then headed back to the city. In fact we didn’t plan to alight the bus but the bus driver said he’s taking a rest before continuing as this is where his rest stop was so we had to stay for a bit there ;p he told us that he will pick us up at a specific time.

That’s the end of our 1/1/2013. Gonna prepare to pack our bag to go back to Australia the next day.

I’m back! WOW! It’s been awhile! One week is over really soon. Gone is my one week in Adealaide. Going home soon… 🙁

Anyway, come back to my NZ trip post. Still quite a lot to go.

We stayed at YMCA, this time we had a room with ensuite, thank God! Deluxe double room ($110/night). You won’t get coffee, tea or chocolate in standard room.

It was good enough for what we paid.

After we check-in, we headed out to hunt for dinner. At the same time took some photos of the street.

We ended up at casino for dinner.

Ordered Roast of the day, it was NZD18.50. It was beef for the day. Sad to say that it’s not up to our expectation especially the meat. However, I like the bun! It’s yummy!

Once we’re done with our dinner, we headed back. So tired…

On the way back.

The next morning, the last day of 2012, it’s time for us to discover Christchurch on the deeper level. This is Re:START Mall, the mall where the shops are made up of containers.

This was taken outside Ballantynes.

We went to get our lunch at South City after that.

Left: Hehehe… Ignore this, it’s duplicated, lost track. Does this shop sounds yummy? Well… We thought it’s selling dessert but it’s actually an adult shop hahaha…

Right: Heading into South City.

We bought sushi and salmon for lunch.

Left: This big piece cost us NZD9+ only! Where to get this cheap and fresh salmon?!?! Man… It was divine!

Right: I bought my dinner at this stall.

Left: Crispy chicken and terriyaki chicken rice. Don’t remember the price though. It was very filling. Cannot underestimate it, I bought the small one and it took me ages to try to finish it.

Right: After we got our food, we went to Sumner Beach with the bus. The post will come soon.