New Zealand Day 6

I woke up at 6 am in the morning, and decided to try the jacuzzi. 

Really damn shiok to lie in the jacuzzi. This Airbnb is really 5 stars. If I am coming back to Kaikoura, definitely will come back here to stay. 

Took more photos of the Airbnb. 

The address of our Airbnb: 11A Fyffe Ave

From the Airbnb can see the snow capped mountains

The water fountain that gives a very zen feel to the Airbnb. 

Very nice dining area, but is either the temperature gets too cold or the airbnb owner's cat keep disturbing us, so we very shortly go back into the room to eat our dinner. 

Today our first destination is KUMO Japanese Cuisine at Christchurch, that is a sushi restaurant with the conveyor belt. Darling found this place. And I must say the sushi and ramen here is good! Both kids were very happy here. 

This top worn by Yuanyi also bought from KMart. I like the material, very soft and comfortable. 

After KUMO begins a 3 hour drive to Lake Tekapo. 

And we are finally here! Lake Tekapo is famous for the very clear blue lake, purple lupins, and Church of Good Shepherd. I keep seeing Instagram posts of these places, and now I am personally here to soak in all these views, the feeling is indescribable. 

The beautiful lupins. 

The kids' favourite past-time: throwing stones

The little house at the background is the famous Church of Good Shepherd

Yuanze very happy with his stones

Next we went to the Discover Tekapo Accomodation office that is located inside Godley Hotel, to get the key to our Airbnb. The name of our Airbnb is Rifugio, a single storey bungalow that is very well equipped, and can see Lake Tekapo, and also walkable distance to the Lake Tekapo main area with the restaurants and supermarket. 

Very well-equipped kitchen with all the utensils

The two kids hunting for stones again

Dinner is maggi mee, because it is a Sunday and all the restaurants are packed. 

That's it for Day 6! Tomorrow will be exciting because we are going for our first ever helicopter ride and we are going to the hot pools! 

New Zealand Day 5

The highlight for today is Whale Watch Kaikoura, where we will take a boat out to the sea to spot a whale. 

Unfortunately, the sea condition on that day was quite bad, and they raised the age limit for children to be 8 years old and above. Therefore we have no choice but to get a full refund. 

Cannot take pic with a real whale, so we make do with this. Hahahaha. 

We spent time at a beach, where both Yuanze and Yuanyi had so much fun throwing stones into the sea. 

Next we went to Kaikoura Seal Colony where we can spot wild seals. And we are lucky, we spotted two!

We da bao dinner at Continental Seafood, a restaurant that sells Chinese food. Had a chat with the owner while waiting for the food. 

Feels so good to eat Chinese food, although it tastes a bit salty. Hahahaha. 

That's it for Day 5, tomorrow we are leaving Kaikoura and driving to Lake Tekapo!

New Zealand Day 4

Breakfast served at Pear Orchard Lodge was super awesome, although is expensive, at NZD$20 per pax. So we only ordered for 2 pax.

The highlight of the breakfast is the sourdough bread that is home baked, together with their in-house pear jam made from the pears in their orchard. Everything just taste so good. Even the muesli and yogurt also taste so good. 

And we received an update about our luggage, that is the luggage has been located at Sydney airport and will be sent to Wellington airport. That certainly lifted our spirits. 

After breakfast, we explored other parts of Pear Orchard Lodge that we did not explore the previous day, to soak in the sights of the beautiful greenery that you can never get to see in sg. 

This 2 tees that they are wearing were bought from KMart. 

The red house in the middle is our accommodation. 

Yuanze really looks good in this hat. 

After Pear Orchard Lodge, is a long drive to our next destination, Kaikoura. 

We stopped over at Blenheim for lunch at Macdonald and groceries at New World, our favourite supermarket because there are trolleys for kids. 

Thank goodness they napped on the journey from Pear Orchard Lodge to Blenheim. The journey was about 2 hours.

  

They were so happy to see Macdonald. LOL. 

This is the kids' trolley that I mentioned. 

So happy with their trolleys! Check out Yuanyi's smirk. Is like he is saying "I am going to buy more sweets!".

We resumed the drive that will take us 1 hour 40 minutes to reach our Kaikoura Airbnb. 

We stopped by at Karaka lobster to buy lobster. Kaikoura is famous for their fresh seafood. 

The place is quite scenic as well, so we stopped by here for a while to take photos, walk around and for the kids to throw stones. We discovered that they love to throw stones, especially Yuanze who also likes to collect stones as he claims that the stones in NZ look nicer than the ones in Singapore. 

We finally reach our Airbnb, and omg it is such a nice house!

We stayed at the first floor and we have our own privacy, the owner stays at the second floor. 

The master bedroom. 

Bedroom for the two kids. 

The living room, with a smart TV, and the kids are so happy because they can watch youtube. 

This is the highlight of the airbnb. Bathtub that doubles up as a jacuzzi. 

The owner provides us cereal and meusli. 

Provide us bread too. 

Even the wall clock also super atas. 

The kids enjoying themselves in the bathtub. 

Very well-equipped bathroom. 

The lobster bought from Karaka Lobster. NZD$100 for one whole lobster. Yes is expensive but no regrets, because the lobster meat is so fresh and juicy. Fish and chips + seafood chowder bought from Cooper's Catch. 

Fruits that we purchased from New World supermarket this afternoon. 

Yuanze super happy with the stones that he picked. 

That's it for Day 4!