NZ travel: Christchurch

Hari sabtu 4/12 pepagi farid tolong hantarkan ker airport. Sampai kat sana still pretty early sbb farid ada badminton at 8am. So just check in barang and then gi melepak makan kebab for breakfast. Flight delay so sampai kat ChCh lewat dalam sejam lebih gaks..sib baik abg din (kak sherry's husband) mai mmg lewat sikit so idakler dia menunggu. Kami terus ke umah depa, where kak sherry idang makan2 segala apa dulu..lepak2 kejap sembang2..sbb lepas ni pon dalam 2 minggu agik kak sherry dah nak balik mesia for good. On the way nak ke hotel kami kat city centre, depa bawak kami singgah ker Mona Vale, it;'s a garden full of flowers, roses especially. Sekejap je then masuk city..nampak la kesan2 earthquake haritu kat city, ada few buildings yg on construction for repair and few roads yg tutup sbb affected much by the quake. 

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ChCh kecik jer..pretty much a bit bigger than randwick kot, smaller than ipoh. Hotel So yg kami dok tu right in the middle of the city so mmg menapak kat sana...tp roomnyer maha kecik! adoiii bila sorang semayang, sorang lagik kena dok pegun ataih katil hahaha sbb tak muat nak celah dah hahaha tp rege pon 95 dollar gaks. Biasa ler city kan. By the time settle kat hotel, dah around 8pm gitu kot..and still cerah agik...dekat2 kol 10pm baru nak gelap.

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2nd day, Sunday 5/12 lepas breakfast kek2 and kuih2 yg kak sherry bekalkan semalam, terus kuor ker city. First aku buat punting on avon river, naik sampan yg omputeh tu dayung kat avon river. Ni one of the attractions kat situ...menyusur avon river, lalu tepi some old buildings, bawah bridge and all for about half an hour. Elok pon buat awal2 pagi sbb by the time nak off the sampan, dah ada queue. Then masuk city, biasa jer la city nyer. Not many tall storey buildings in ChCh, mamat punting tu cakap yg paling tinggi tak silap 20 storey kot. Also, rumah2 sini banyak yg landed house...ada satu dua kot apartments that i saw. Rumah sewa landed house kak sherry tu pon, ada front and backyard, 3 rooms pon  340 nz dollar..pretty cheap tapinyer pada aku barang2 jual nyer idak ler murah sangat...mana2 yg aku sempat masuk la. Kat city, masuk shops of course canterbury and all black nyer kedai pantang jumpa. Mmg banyakkkkkk ler dua2 kedai tu kat ChCh banding ngan Sydney. Tapinyer mahallllll laaaaa kat sini. Ada yg lagi mahal dari OZ, ada yg sama jer price dia...tapinyer, ada some baju yg takder kat OZ. Then gi ronda2 city dia..amik2 gambo..around art gallery, museum, city council, cathedral square, old canterbury's college and so forth. Building dia cantik2 la kat kawasan ni, old type of stone buildings.  Weather nice and rasa syok jer jenjalan ngan tenang kat Worcester Rd tu..visitors and tourists ramai gaks. Kebetulan ada 2 event hari ni, festival of cycling  and santa parade, so kami join gaks the crowd nengok2 and amik gambo. Then masuk kedai suvenir sesiap utk beli apa2 sbb lepas ni tak singgah dah.

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Lunch kat McD fillet of fish, then sambung jenjalan agik. Belah petang utk dinner gi nandos, setakat yg aku tau ni nandos mana2 halal. Naik la cab nak kesana sbb jauh tuk menapak..tu diah uncle taxi tu ,a local dok dalam sembang2 ngan kitaorg tu siap bawak kot jalan jauh..cisss saje nak bagi fare taxi mahai la tu..padahal aku tengok kat map jalan Colombo St tu dari tpt kami amik taxi tu right straight up ahead so sudahnya kena gaks 15 dollar. Sampai kat nandos laks macam2 jenis meal nyer takder..yg ada yg simple jer so belasah jer. Balik semula ke city naik bus yg kat depan nandos tu jer.

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Bus berenti right in the city, kami gi convinience store beli segala mala barang2 bekal for another 7 days nanti. Mahal gilossss, mahal sbb bukan beli kat hypermarket dia tu la pasai. So beli air  mineral 1 dozen sesiap and other stuffs for memasak. Then balik hotel, enthusiastically kemas2 barang getting ready for tomorrow. Call up Apex car rental, sib baik they are willing to pick us at the hotel and bawak ker tempat depa alhamdulillah dipermudahkan sbb yg ni dari sydney agik aku dok pkir guano nak ke situ sbb quite jauh dari city. 

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Tu jer la..penat gaks kat ChCh, sbb banyak berjalan ke hulu ke hilir...kat sini jer loadings dah bertambah ngan all those plastic bags, siap beli backpack satu agik hehehe. Okess gambo petang sket aku upload dari school, kat umah ni slow.