New Zealand

Hi Hi!

I found this halfway written so I decided to finish the rest of it. It's about my short and sweet stay in New Zealand. :) Enjoy.

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New Zealand was the bomb.

It stole my heart.

I may be a sucker for nature but. . . who doesn't love being surrounded by fresh air and greenery.

You tell me.

My family arrived in Auckland on a cold Thursday night. We then took a shuttle bus to Royal Plaza where we stayed for the first night.

The next morning, all of us woke up late. Everyone was just tired from the 9-hour flight on the previous day especially Abah who was working.

Auckland reminds me of San Francisco, geographically. The city centre is very hilly. Auckland is just lovely. Access to Halal food is easy. There's plenty of Kebab stores in town. Annd the weather?! Now I understand why weather is actually a topic for a conversation. Weather is to be appreciated. :) It was 15 - 18 degrees celcius and windy too. Perfect weather to go walking.

Anyway, so we rented a car. We drove down south to Waitomo where the famous Glowworm Cave is. Inside the cave is so beautiful. Acoustics are orgasmic in the cave. As we were heading to the mouth of the cave by boat, we saw the famous glow worms everywhere dotted like stars on the ceiling of it. Took my breath away. I was awed by the beauty of it. :')

Stayed one night a back-packers lodge in Waitomo.

Entrance of the Glowworm Caves

Due to the short time, we had to leave Waitomo. Or else we could have tried the river rafting in Waitomo itself! Isn't that cool? They call it Black Water Rafting where you raft in pitch black. Adrenaline rush FTW. tee hee. k so moving on, we headed to Lake Taupo for BUNGEE JUMPING! I was pumped up - so excited . . and NO! Deep down I was thinking twice. But in the end, it was worthwhile. Oh rite I just kinda got to the ending so fast. I didn't bungee jump at Lake Taupo. In fact it wasn't a solo jump. It was a tandem jump - with Adam. At night.

Huka Falls in Lake Taupo

I can explain. We were the last to do the jump. And it was freezing cold. So much for being so nervous jumping 40 meters from the ground. To add to that, the cute guy operating the crane told us that it was his first time handling customer at night when we've already reached 40 m high up?! Like 'WHY ARE YOU TELLING ME THIS NOW!' Regardless how cute his dimples was, I was nervous but more excited than ever. So he counted to three, '1, 2, 3,' I looked at Adam and he did the same but with an unforgettable facial expression on his face. It was more like ,"Why the hell did i SIGN UP for this shizz,?" and WHAMMM down we went.

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How was it? Your organs feel funny inside , like they are all moving elsewhere. The wind and your breath (well for me it was Adam's breath) are the only thing you can focus on. Blood-rushing to your brain, numb feet and overwhelmness crashes into you like the waves crashing the sea. horribly bad at describing. mind me. In a nutshell it was a FREAKING AWESOME experience. :) so glad I did it. and I would do it again. and again. (next time without Mama knowing).

haaa, there you go. My trip to the beautiful New Zealand. :)

Happy Weekends!

Cheers.