Monday, June 18, 2007
@ 3:17 PM
16th JuneThe first stop was the Waitomo Caves. There on, we had a guide who led us through the caves. The limestone were weathered very creatively. There were some which look like an elephant, Stevie Wonder's hair, a Kiwi bird. Towards the ending of the cave, we had a boat ride out of the cave. During that course, we saw the glow worms in the cave. We couldn't really see what they look like as it was pitch-dark in the cave and that photography was not allowed in there. Then we headed to the Waikato River for a brief view of the place and headed back to Auckland where we got back to the hostel we first stayed in when we arrived in New Zealand. After getting to our rooms, we left the hostel for dinner at a Turkish restaurant of sort. Some of us chose kebabs while some chose pizza. Had our final sleep in YHA before the day of leaving.
17th JuneThe day has come to an end. We had breakfast at Cafe Cartel again and then back to the hostel to remove our luggage and put on the bus. We then went to Factory Outlet where we went to do shopping. This place was the best place to do shopping. The clothes there were of reasonable prices and quite fashionable. It has such a wide variety of clothings and shoes and bags. The shoes were pretty expensive though. Most of the shoes were around the $80 and above range. After the an hour half of shopping, we headed back to the bus and went for the airport. All of us were reluctant to leave NZ as we had so much fun there. Reached the airport at about 12pm+, checked in our luggage and boarded the plane. Funny enough, the Japanese school students also took the same flight as us back to Singapore. This time, I was sitting in the center row but at the side with Xing Wei next to me. Lunch was served and I took the fish. Throughout the flight, I watched the same movies again. I listened to some of the musics and they were pretty nice. It made me want to buy the Aqua Timez album after hearing some of their songs. Back at Singapore, Xian Feng, Alvin and Choon Tat, as well as some of the band members came to welcome the NZ goers. Took a ride home on my dad's car after that.