Just got back from my Easter trip to Wellington and Napier/Hastings yesterday. I didn't want my holiday to end!
I took over 600 photos in total, so I'll only pick a few to post here. More on facebook though.
Day 1- 12.04.09 @ Wellington
Arrived at Welly (the capital of NZ for those that don't know) at around noon on Easter Sunday with Michelle. The sun was shining- perfect weather! So good to see May again- she was our tourist guide for the day hehe.
big scary art created by the weta company- they're known for creating the creatures for Lord of the Rings, eg Smeagol
Mich & May
pointing at a Malaysian restaurantspeaking of which, there are HEAPS of Msian restaurants at Welly! (compared to only 1 at Dunedin haha)
I love the random art deco and sculptures around the city- you never know what to expect around the next corner. That's an umbrella at Cuba St, one of the main shopping districts
fern-like structures near the city council/town hall
looks like blown inside-out shuttlecocks to me hehe
orb thingy suspended in the air
more art around the harbour
cool artsy bridge- i think it looks like one of the ancient ships used by the aborigines
kayaking around the harbourpeople just hanging around, having ice cream, and enjoying the scenery- that's life!
"solace by the wind" sculpture by the harbour. I call it the bronze dude who always get harrassed by tourists
*happy sigh* I can imagine myself sitting there on the bench reading my favourite book during the weekends, or just simply listening to my ipod while watching people walk by :)
family & kids enjoying the good weather
we wanted to ride the "famous crocodile", but due to time constraint couldn't wait till the next free time slot, hence the sad face...
lovely! :)
we were just sitting at the steps by the harbour and saw these guys collecting mussels
happy us!
more art I adore. These are found all over the harbour area, didn't have time to find all of them
It was love at first sight.
*BIG SIGH*
I'm now even more keen on finding a job there at Welly- it's just such a vibrant city, more restaurants, good food, more sunshine (though more windy), beautiful harbour, cool deco and sculptures everywhere.
At 5pm, May brought us to the church she's attending- ARISE church (founded by Planetshakers). Total congregation is around 7000 ppl, great energy and I loved it! The music team is so incredibly talented! Met some people from church after the service and joined them for dinner :) Didn't have much for dinner as we'd been eating whole day haha! HK bbq roast duck and tofu for lunch, ice cream, then Japanese cuisine at night.
Next day- took the bus to Napier to meet the Pancakes (Alex & Sam).
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Came back and was greeted with good old Dunedin weather yesterday :P Had a group meeting today, and realised again the amount of workload this year GAH. Back to those late nights again, I guess.
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