Lake Tekapo - Round 2 plus Mt Cook

like i said before, Lake Tekapo is ranked at the top of my favourite list. Went there again in less than half a year time to enjoy the town in a different season. Of course, this round i had a thorough tour on this place, and its just plain amazing. And just like any other location in New Zealand, the journey itself is enjoyable enough....let me show u the proof....

there is 2 routes to enter Lake Tekapo, and i decided  to use the route that cut through Mckenzie region, and here's the reward:

After entering the highway exit, the smells of wilderness started to kick it...it started off with the brownish hills.


 browny hills

and then suddenly a crystal blue  lake appeared in front of us. When i said blue,  it is REALLY blue. i swear there is no photo editing has been done in any of the pictures that i took in NZ.
the surrounding view is still browny, but greeny pine tree  is start appearing along the lake side....
Mt cook is appearing from far. Seeing snow mountain, blue lake, deserted like hill, and pine hills, all at the same things do feel a little bit unreal.....
beginning to feel how insignificant we are when i was driving towards the mountain
decided to took a small walk to check out mt cook in a closer  view.

pose pose a bit :)
We stopped at the hanging bridge in this  picture. Its just seems to be a never ending walking distance. The river is actually full of calcium carbonate, and  hence it is milky colour. Your supplement probably come  from here....

After that decided to head off to Lake Tekapo. Its only 45min apart. And along the way picked  up a hitchhiker, cant remember where he was from though...its a pretty norm thing, so didnt think much about it.
Went to the almost identical place in Lake Tekapo to snap this picture. night time we went for star gazing, and IT WAS AMAZING!!! for the first time in my life, i got to see the Pluto using the telescope (i think its pluto la), then with just naked eye, we can actually see the whole milky-way! then got to learn a few stars name  like the brightest star is call Sirius, and the orion belt plus a few more stuff that i cant remembered. Seriously, i have no idea starry sky can be so beautiful. I bought a  CD that has photo taken by the  professional, and yet it still failed  to capture the whole beautiful night sky. star gazing is a MUST DO in this town, however  sadly you can hardly find this recommendation in any travel guide, and that is why i missed out during the first visit.

anyway, the second day i went up again to the small hill that we had star gazing session the night before, to check out how the day view was like it. And man~~
6 o'clock view:
12 o'clock view:
9 o'clock view
it was BEAUTIFUL~~ i just cant have enough of praise  for this place. And before leaving the town, we  stopped at a salmon farm for fresh salmon. Was to busy eating, didnt snap any picture on the fish, but the view from the  farm just kinda assured you that the fish is gonna be yummy

i used another road to head back to Dunedin town. And just as i thought there is no more surprise:
starting to see some green grass again, experience tells something great might be ahead of me...
A huge patch of lavender farm!!!

Fiordland


I was still loitering in NZ during the first few months of year 2007. One of the day my ex-roommate needed me to give her a ride to Fiordland for an interview. Nothing much to do, petrol paid for, and i'm not even the owner of the car, so why not :)


sometime NZ just make you believe that heaven is a place in earth



I remembered that we started the ride quite early just to catch some good views. With little surprise, the mother earth repay the early some nicely decorated scene.

i guess, here's one of the few reasons that people hate me for studying in NZ

Reached the destination. its a very posh hotel (apparently need to pre-book 1 year in advance)

 
 

 



and they call this backyard......







sometime i do believe god do love new zealand a little bit more..snapped this picture before i left the place....



not a bad way to waste my time indeed....

check point - Christchurch

after 13 days of traveling, finally we arrived our checkpoint- Christchurch. It is much of a relieve for my family member because they were finally being allowed to do some shopping, and see some actual human being walking around. If you asked them what do they think about New Zealand, they will answer you - beautiful, but i still prefer city :)



cathedral square

arc of remembrance



what were we doing?!


the trip ended with this beautiful motel

and that, is the road that lead to the airport.

so long, south island trip~

poser in Lake Tekapo



sis said i like prisoner only...

it suppose to mean she rejected me, but erm....



hunted

lake tekapo

no word can describe my love for this town. just stunning.

ladies and gentleman, the Spring of Lake Tekapo










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