NZ Road Trip: Queenstown

In the name of Allah. The Most Gracious, The Most Merciful.

Assalamu'alaikum, peeps!

" You know that feeling you get sometimes when you're standing in a high place... Sudden urge to jump...

I don't have it. "

~ Captain Jack Sparrow (Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides) ~

Alright, here's the Queenstown post of my NZ trip. Of all the places that we went, from north to south, our accommodation in Queenstown is the only place where I took shots of the house that we stayed in. I'm not gonna lie. It was quite a posh place. Nothing big like a mansion or bungalow. Just a one-storey house but the appliances and stuff that the host has were more than what my family is used to. Haha!!

The house has that modern touch to it.

DISCLAIMER: Those are our stuff. Rachel, our host, prepared her place in top condition. We were packing at this time

The living room is pretty simple too. And..It's right next to the kitchen.

That cabinet on the left actually has the washing machine and dryer inside.

The bedroom has like a walk-in closet. Pretty nice.

I took these shots just before we were off to Christchurch. And to be honest, I think I wanna make my house like this. Haha!!

Alright, let's get right down to it. In Queenstown, you HAVE to go to the town center. In the town center, you have the shops, you have the view you have the buskers and did I mention the view?

Btw, if you rent a car, don't be surprised if you have a hard time finding a spot to park. The Queenstown town center is what I think THE place where tourists go. But hey, I'm sure you will eventually.

In my opinion, you guys can start by going to the Queenstown Mall. It's not you usual mall as it is open air. I guess you can say dia lebih macam blok-blok kedai. 

Those buildings at the sides there are actually shops. Lots of shops ranging from small restaurants to cosmetic stores. And I'll let you in on a secret.

If you wanna buy souvenirs -- especially to those who keep asking you to buy something for them -- there are A LOT of shops you can choose from here. Trust me. Rambang mata wei. Haha!

And I know some of you play rugby and are huge fans. So guess what...

They have a store where they sell the All Blacks' OFFICIAL LICENSED PRODUCTS! My brother walked in and he was like a 5 year-old kid in a candy store. Haha!!

Although, if you wanna buy some t-shirts or rugby jerseys, prepare some cash. Like..lots of it.

Alright. Still at the mall area, if you keep going straight, you'll see something like a small harbour. And maybe it was the weather that day but it was B-E-A-utiful.

It's a good place to take a photo of yourself too. Hehe...

My Instagram profile pic ;-)

If you're worried about food, don' worry. There's a place called Turkish Kebab and it is halal. Obviously, it has kebabs where you can choose lamb/chicken/mixed. You can also get burgers and falafels. Shakes and juices to drown them down and finish with some ice-cream...

We happen to stumble on Goldfields, the Lord of the Rings' official jeweler.

Near the town center is also another attraction that I mentioned in Rotorua: The gondola and luge. Basically, you go up a hill on a gondola, you go downhill by luge. No idea? Check out this post and see no. 2. You can Google the prices if you're interested.

Just so you know, we did this all in the morning till about 1 p.m. We have another attraction that NZ's famous for:

BUNGEE JUMPING

The place we went was the Kawarau bridge where AJ Hackett Bungy runs the operation. Sadly though, the 4 of us didn't jump because it was too damn expensive. 205 NZD! Right now, that's about RM 500+. We went to NZ when the rate was 1 NZD : RM 3.00+. And this is not including the video footage that the bungy centre can make for you. Nak dekat RM 1000 jugak la.

We still went to the centre though.

Lifeguards just waiting for another jumper

It may not seem like it, but the water is so blue! I think being there is quite worth it but if you have the moo-lah to bungy jump, have at it! Jump and scream your lungs out.

That was the last thing that we did on our 2nd day in Queenstown. That night we all just watch some Netflix on Rachel's Smart TV, had dinner and went right to bed. The next day was a 7-hour drive to Christchurch, our last place before going back to Auckland for a flight back to Malaysia.

I'll write that one ASAP In Sya-Allah.

Btw, if you haven't been following my posts on my NZ road trip, have no fear, you can click on these links. All you need to know from the airport to the attractions. In order:

• Arrival
• Auckland
• Rotorua (Hobbiton)
• Wellington and Interisland Ferry
• Taylorville
• Hokitika nd Franz Josef
• Lake Matheson and Arrival at Queenstown

See you guys on the flip side!!

P.S: My research is going very slow but at least I have some progress!