NZ Day 2 - 22 October
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Since our flight was a night flight, beginning of Day 2 was spent in the plane, still feeling really miserable from all the evil alcohol in my body.
We touched down at Christchurch at about 12.30pm and rested for a while at the Long White Cafe because TFB felt that I looked really really really sickly and felt that I will feel better after a cup of hot chocolate. While purchasing the drinks (funny right? TFB felt that I was about to faint, yet he sent me off to purchase the stuff while he went toilet. What to do? Tofu Brain mah.. you dont really know what's going on in his brain.. hahaha!)
Rested at the airport for about 1 hour I think. I am really feeling sickly lah, so must take a break on firm ground. Called Omega (rental car company) for the courtesy transfer which will sent us to the car company to collect our rental car.
New Zealand is SUPPOSED to be in spring going to summer now, but the weather was cold, gloomy and raining too. When we went out to wait for the ride, we realised that we could blow out cold air that was visible (like those 90s Taiwanese soup drama that you watched where the people kept blowing visible cold air?) and the two of us stood there like idiots entertaining ourselves with blowing cold air for a good five minutes while waiting for the ride.
We collected our car at about 1pm and because it was freeeezing cold, we asked for direction to the nearest mall to purchase gloves for me as I felt that my fingers are going to break soon. After purchasing the gloves, water and some snacks, we were on our way to Akaroa as that was our first stop.
Before Akaroa, we stop by a lavendar farm where the boss told us that we came in the wrong season as the lavendar do not bloom now but still entertained us abit by letting us into the shop to purchase stuff.
It was really funny because we wanted to purchase a bottle of lavendar freshen up spray and asked the boss how much was it. He told us he dont know and we asked is there anybody else that he can ask and he told us there is nobody around. Then we asked him how about the in-charge or anybody like that and he told us... he is the boss.. followed by a very embarressed "hur hur hur" because he dont know the price of his own products.
He just hamtum-ed a price and since we felt it was a reasonable price, we brought the spray from him and continued our journey to Akaroa.
On the way to Akaroa, we saw many many sheeps and many cows with some horses, lama, hares, birds and a few deers. We reached our breath-taking logging for the night known as Akaroa, The Cottage which offers a really good lake view and it was a five minutes drive from Akaroa which was a little quaint french looking town.
Unfortuntely the system hang moments at the airport, the walking around mall looking for gloves (hey... it is supposed to be spring going summer you know? The mall was selling straw hats, bikinis and shorts rather than gloves, scarfs and wooly hats) and driving around took longer than expected and when we reached Akaroa, all the shops were closed.
Still managed to have dinner at this not nice place in Akaroa where the waitress refused to accept the fact that we are sharing a main.
That concludes day 2 where I had my first encounter with NZ and although the dinner was not really nice, I am still grateful that I am here and enjoyed day 2 very much.
We touched down at Christchurch at about 12.30pm and rested for a while at the Long White Cafe because TFB felt that I looked really really really sickly and felt that I will feel better after a cup of hot chocolate. While purchasing the drinks (funny right? TFB felt that I was about to faint, yet he sent me off to purchase the stuff while he went toilet. What to do? Tofu Brain mah.. you dont really know what's going on in his brain.. hahaha!)
Rested at the airport for about 1 hour I think. I am really feeling sickly lah, so must take a break on firm ground. Called Omega (rental car company) for the courtesy transfer which will sent us to the car company to collect our rental car.
New Zealand is SUPPOSED to be in spring going to summer now, but the weather was cold, gloomy and raining too. When we went out to wait for the ride, we realised that we could blow out cold air that was visible (like those 90s Taiwanese soup drama that you watched where the people kept blowing visible cold air?) and the two of us stood there like idiots entertaining ourselves with blowing cold air for a good five minutes while waiting for the ride.
We collected our car at about 1pm and because it was freeeezing cold, we asked for direction to the nearest mall to purchase gloves for me as I felt that my fingers are going to break soon. After purchasing the gloves, water and some snacks, we were on our way to Akaroa as that was our first stop.
Before Akaroa, we stop by a lavendar farm where the boss told us that we came in the wrong season as the lavendar do not bloom now but still entertained us abit by letting us into the shop to purchase stuff.
It was really funny because we wanted to purchase a bottle of lavendar freshen up spray and asked the boss how much was it. He told us he dont know and we asked is there anybody else that he can ask and he told us there is nobody around. Then we asked him how about the in-charge or anybody like that and he told us... he is the boss.. followed by a very embarressed "hur hur hur" because he dont know the price of his own products.
He just hamtum-ed a price and since we felt it was a reasonable price, we brought the spray from him and continued our journey to Akaroa.
On the way to Akaroa, we saw many many sheeps and many cows with some horses, lama, hares, birds and a few deers. We reached our breath-taking logging for the night known as Akaroa, The Cottage which offers a really good lake view and it was a five minutes drive from Akaroa which was a little quaint french looking town.
Unfortuntely the system hang moments at the airport, the walking around mall looking for gloves (hey... it is supposed to be spring going summer you know? The mall was selling straw hats, bikinis and shorts rather than gloves, scarfs and wooly hats) and driving around took longer than expected and when we reached Akaroa, all the shops were closed.
Still managed to have dinner at this not nice place in Akaroa where the waitress refused to accept the fact that we are sharing a main.
That concludes day 2 where I had my first encounter with NZ and although the dinner was not really nice, I am still grateful that I am here and enjoyed day 2 very much.
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