27th-29th apr
*Trip to the Glasier, Wanaka, Mt Cook with Amy, Suhui, Ling*

dinner at Omaru.
pizza! garlie bread!

27th-29th apr
*Trip to the Glasier, Wanaka, Mt Cook with Amy, Suhui, Ling*

on our way back. its sunset again! and e moon!
notice the car plate! amazing huh? i still have yet to figure out how the car plate numbers n letters works here in NZ.

27th-29th apr
*Trip to the Glasier, Wanaka, Mt Cook with Amy, Suhui, Ling*

read e story of the "maori creation story"! i've learnt that in my maori lecture too! amy n myself got so excited over it. =p
yea! and thats what happened to my shoes. spilt open. so i had to pull the whole shoe sole off, so that i could walk on.

27th-29th apr
*Trip to the Glasier, Wanaka, Mt Cook with Amy, Suhui, Ling*

a pothole just infront of Mt Cook. i think its a pothole, from what i recall from my geography lessons year ago.
a close up of Mt Cook! its pretty huh?

27th-29th apr
*Trip to the Glasier, Wanaka, Mt Cook with Amy, Suhui, Ling*

tada! i've reached "Kea Point", after abt an hour of walking!
thoses are ice bergs in e water.
i like the danger sign photo though
and yea! i'm "carrying" Mt Cook

27th-29th apr
*Trip to the Glasier, Wanaka, Mt Cook with Amy, Suhui, Ling*

Mt Cook is approaching us. no! we're approaching Mt Cook.
well, we didnt really know which was Mt Cook, there other snow capped Mountain ard too. but i figured Mt Cook is Mt Cook cos i've seen Mt Cook in pictures and it looks the prettiest

27th-29th apr
*Trip to the Glasier, Wanaka, Mt Cook with Amy, Suhui, Ling*

more walking walking.

27th-29th apr
*Trip to the Glasier, Wanaka, Mt Cook with Amy, Suhui, Ling*

scenery from the base of Mt Cook information center.
all these are part of Fordland National Park. i'm quite sure this place can be as big as Sentosa, or even bigger.

27th-29th apr
*Trip to the Glasier, Wanaka, Mt Cook with Amy, Suhui, Ling*

thats me n an autume trees. i'm just so amased by trees during autume! how they change colours n e different colours there is.
after a few hours drive, its time to conquer Mt Cook!

27th-29th apr
*Trip to the Glasier, Wanaka, Mt Cook with Amy, Suhui, Ling*

as it was sunday, there's a bazzar going on.
i love such bazzar. lots of crafts, hand made things, plants etc etc.

27th-29th apr
*Trip to the Glasier, Wanaka, Mt Cook with Amy, Suhui, Ling*

this is just opposite the Lake, e town area.

27th-29th apr
*Trip to the Glasier, Wanaka, Mt Cook with Amy, Suhui, Ling*

more of Lake Wanaka.
see how the sun shine into the waters. e crystal clear water.

27th-29th apr
*Trip to the Glasier, Wanaka, Mt Cook with Amy, Suhui, Ling*

and its Subway for lunch! in front of Lake Wanaka!
suhui had egg sandwich.
amy had veggie delites.
ling had bbq pork rib.
i had meatballs.
Subway rox!

27th-29th apr
*Trip to the Glasier, Wanaka, Mt Cook with Amy, Suhui, Ling*

more of the beautiful Wanaka!
its amazing!

27th-29th apr
*Trip to the Glasier, Wanaka, Mt Cook with Amy, Suhui, Ling*

drove to Wanaka.
this is Lake Wanaka. its so so so so so beautiful!

27th-29th apr
*Trip to the Glasier, Wanaka, Mt Cook with Amy, Suhui, Ling*

thats ling with her $1.60 tomatoes!
had fish & chips for dinner... we had our dinner in e car. it was so cold outside.
next morning, in e dew, look carefully at what it says on e window! yuppie!

27th-29th apr
*Trip to the Glasier, Wanaka, Mt Cook with Amy, Suhui, Ling*

on our trip back from the glasier, thr e forest n mountain, to the main road. well the return journey wasn't as bad as the going journey, cos this time, it was all down steps. but by e time i reached the main road, i was damn tired. partly becos e boots were hurting my toes. look at my tired face in e photo.
but it wasnt too bad. i was welcomed by e beautiful sunset. =)
and i can proudly say, i conquered the fox glasier. my 4hrs hike! i have a cert for it too!

27th-29th apr
*Trip to the Glasier, Wanaka, Mt Cook with Amy, Suhui, Ling*

sunset sunset!


27th-29th apr
*Trip to the Glasier, Wanaka, Mt Cook with Amy, Suhui, Ling*

this place is awesome!

27th-29th apr
*Trip to the Glasier, Wanaka, Mt Cook with Amy, Suhui, Ling*

see that hold? looking in, its deep and so amazing.
well, closer up, those black black on e ices are not dirt, they are minerals. known to be good for one's complexation. pple actually pay a lot for it. and we get it free here!

27th-29th apr
*Trip to the Glasier, Wanaka, Mt Cook with Amy, Suhui, Ling*

i'm in the ice! woohoo!
its so nice.
its cold, but somehow the cold, is a comfortable cold. a feel of cold that is special.

27th-29th apr
*Trip to the Glasier, Wanaka, Mt Cook with Amy, Suhui, Ling*

more ice! more glasier.
well, e area of fox glasier is as big as the size of Christchurch city. imagine how huge that is!
well, but it is predicted that these ice has been and will be melting. should be able to last for only 50 more years. partially becos of global warming etc.
well, sam showed us where e glasier ice were during the 1950s. comparing to where it is today. wow! e difference!

27th-29th apr
*Trip to the Glasier, Wanaka, Mt Cook with Amy, Suhui, Ling*

now! i'm on the glasier. i'm on it! i'm actually on it.
e moment we got to the actual glasier, suhui and myself felt that that so shiong walk is all worthwhile.
this place is awesome!
its all ice! tons of ice!

27th-29th apr
*Trip to the Glasier, Wanaka, Mt Cook with Amy, Suhui, Ling*

we're just next to the glasier now. after a 1h30min shiong walk.
so we had to put on this sharp sharp thing on our boots, to enable us to walk on the slippy melting glasier ice. cool huh?

27th-29th apr
*Trip to the Glasier, Wanaka, Mt Cook with Amy, Suhui, Ling*

more walking and climbing... up up up, we go.
view from higher grounds. not the top yet!
that amy climbing a ladder. its so steep!

27th-29th apr
*Trip to the Glasier, Wanaka, Mt Cook with Amy, Suhui, Ling*

this is during the walk into the glasier.
its shiong and tiring! arhhh!!!!
seems like a tropical forest.

27th-29th apr
*Trip to the Glasier, Wanaka, Mt Cook with Amy, Suhui, Ling*

see e glasier behind me? see it! see it!
yea! that guy is black, is still my guide, sam...

27th-29th apr
*Trip to the Glasier, Wanaka, Mt Cook with Amy, Suhui, Ling*

and so we reached, or rather nearer to Fox Glasier.
that guy in red, he's Sam, my guide.

27th-29th apr
*Trip to the Glasier, Wanaka, Mt Cook with Amy, Suhui, Ling*

yea! me and e buses. one is with the Fox Glasier bus, e other with Franz Josef Glasier bus.
Franz Josef Glasier is approximately half an hour drive from Fox Glasier. so we drove there early in e morning and back to Fox Glasier, in time for our Tramping Walk!

27th-29th apr
*Trip to the Glasier, Wanaka, Mt Cook with Amy, Suhui, Ling*

this trip was a super last min decision. in fact in a matter of an hour of deciding and leaving! its amazing. i've never walked home so fast before, in e cold. hehe.
yea! and so! my 1st trip with Amy. and of course with suhui, my beloved driver and ling, my backseat partner. =)
thats amy n me, with my rum & raisin ice cream. eating ice cream in e cold is shiok. its huge!
yea! and this place is fox glasier base/town. nice huh? its very very tourist. in fact, everything here is for tourist. don't seem to have any residence or houses.

25th apr
*Anzac Day*

dinner! my crispy noodles is yummy yummy yummy. i like the "now u see it, not u don't" effect.
e other bowl is black bean noodles ling had. u shld see how much chilli powder she added. =p

and e last plate is Khmer beef satay. it taste different. there's e taste of satay, but still different. had this with veronica on... fri?


25th apr
*Anzac Day*

after a horrible day! working on my Maori essay and over some other stuff, its baking time! with ling
*presenting Banana Pudding.
its yummy! =)