Made Of Stone-The Stone Roses

Hiya Mate!
the mack is back.

back from the unforgettable NZ trip-the so unplanned,no prior research of where to visit & whatnot,even no advance booking of hotel stay and so on,and i guess that's what made this honeymoon trip daringly adventurous-

after about 7 hours of backbreakin' journey on the plane,we switched to another at sydney and another 3 hours to christchurch,where we disembarked and begun our wonderful bitterly cold experience.

now christchurch is a pretty laid back city,the vehicles travel at 60-70km/h,no rush,no sight and no sound of anyone running-the city square itself is a small town with its old majestic cathedral prominently situated in the middle of it.we crashed at Hotel So-charging at $99 per night-it's rather a small room for the moany ones;but in fact it's stylish and cleverly designed with a huge LCD tv by the comfortable bed,a sliding glass toilet with funky lights that could be set according to each individual moods,a bedroom fridge under the bed,hairdryer,iron and board and everything else,cool spot,smacked at the city square itself with a genuine Halal Kebab store conveniently smacked right beside the hotel itself.and for those party animals who doesn't wanna spend a lot-they can pop party pills at $25 per packet sold LEGALLY at stores all over town.weird but true.

our flight to queenstown was cancelled for the second time due to some bad visuals and hazy fog or something but the airline compensated with a coach to taxi us and despite the bloody 8hrs of sitting restlessly on the bus,we actually enjoyed the journey by land,with the all beautiful true new zealand landscape and farms and mountains and sheeps and cows and all that,with the amazing picturesque firsthand view-we stopped for breaks at Omarama-a cowboy town surrounded by mountains and Geraldine town-i swear to God that's the best place to retire!those hobbitts' like cute cottages with tall glass windows and no grills,a small garden and a quiet neighbourhood makes it ideal for folks like me and you!without the dogs of course..

and queenstown-the first time when the bus ran down the icy slopy roads towards the town,i was drooling-it is one of the most coolest towns i've ever seen,small town with giant mountains with snowtops overlooking us below,the temperature dropped to -2 degrees when we first set foot,it was extremely cold for me.we headed to an i-site station where the lovely officer assigned us to an A-Line hotel at $105 rate nightly;the hotel was 5 minutes walk from the i-site office,but to get there we had to walk a steep slope,panting and dragging our luggages,with thick jacket and lugging so many things with us we were almost out of breath upon checking in to the comfortable hotel.

went up the mountain and took a chairlift to the Coronet peak,a 25 minutes bus journey-and it was excitingly,crazily cold!!!cheeks and lips dried & swell in mere minutes!

bungy jumping as kai and nuras suggested-but after careful discussion we decided to snowboard instead-and that wasn't my idea actually,so we -and rented gears and signed up for the snowsports school starter course with our lovely swiss instructor,Keni.same concept as riding a skateboard or surfin,only difference-its on ice.need lotsa balancing and dodging lotsa other skiers and boarders-from infants to old folks you'll never believe some as old as my grandma who put on their skis and braved the slippery snow slopes,and i just admire that!and you should try that as well!

we had plentiful jolly good fun times there and felt it was real short,but we might come back someday,this time better prepared with proper clothing and bigger luggage bags!

Goodbye NZ,Hello Tampines!
Cheers!