eeveehow, searching for truth: Earthquake Getaway

A spontaneous road trip turned out to be a blast! Me and the Elizabeth Street girls (sin mei, xiao li and jane) spent 3 days 2 nights exploring the northern region of South Island, eg Nelson, Malborough and North Canterbury. Actually it was pretty hectic to cover so many places within the short time frame. Nevertheless, we did it and proud of it!

First day: Left Christchurch in the late morning. Went straight to Hanmer Spring. Paid extra 10 bucks for the slides. Gosh, it was really fun! Spent 2 hours dipping inside the thermal pool. Felt my skin was smoother. Psychological? Haha! Hit the road after late lunch. Drove for approximately 6 hours to reach Nelson. Stayed in Mid-City Lodge rooftop apartment. Nice location, friendly owner, spa bath, what else do you want?

Second day: Went to Nelson i-Site to find out what to do. Wanted to do sea kayaking, but it needed booking one day prior. Sigh... Finally decided to do salmon fishing. So we drove all the way to the west side- Takaka. Spent half of the day there. Came back to Nelson and zzzz.....

Third day: Left Nelson and drove to Malborough. Stopped at Havelock for fresh mussels. Visited Picton and Blenheim with lightning speed. Went to Kaikoura for dinner later on. Ended the trip with Jane driving us back to Christchurch.

First dinner at Nelson, Stonegrill Restaurant. Unfortunately we were too frugal to order any stone grilled meal. This was my pork fillet with risotto. Quite Nice.

Me and Sin Mei standing at the end of Trafalgar Street, Nelson

Me and Xiao Li at Nelson Cathedral

Sin Mei and Xiao Li standing in front of Trafalgar Park (stadium)

Eating real fruit ice cream (banana plus mixed berries) at Motueka. $4.50 each. Can add in yogurt if you want (ew....)

Nelson's WOW Museum (World of Wearable Arts and Classic Cars). Normal student price: $16, but we got further discount to $10 because we are from Christchurch, yeah! Not allowed to take pictures in the Wearable Arts section, so we took a few from the cars section.

My mafia car (outside WOW Museum)

The girls and Austin Power's car

Salmon fishing at Lake Anatoki, Takaka

Managed to get one salmon after being helped by a group of friendly customers. It ain't easy to fish... Posing victoriously with our catch! It weighed approximately 1.8kg.