31/01 - Lovely Bambi, I want to eat you

Bambi you are so cute but your meat is so tender, I want to try some.
Only 10,50 nzd for a tasty Bambi burger. Maybe you want to try Bunny burger as well.

30/01 - We love NZ

29/01 - Colossal squid

Uhhhhh... What is the monster on the picture?
Try to guess? No idea?

The biggest squid that has never existed in the world!! 495kg, 4,2m.
Many foreigners come to the Te Papa Tongarewa museum in Wellington just to see the Monster. Want to see it from your eyes? It's just too scary.

28/01 - Weta Workshop

I visited the museum of a Weta Workshop. A small workshop that has worked on large projects like: The Lord Of The Rings, The Last Samurai, I Robot, Hellboy, The Chronicles Of Narnia, X-Men: The Last Stand, District 9, Avatar, ...

The Weta Workshop

27/01 - Sunburned

Ohhhh, damn it, what happened to my arm?
Yesterday , I was waiting someone, but since I came too early at the meeting point and I was so sleepy, I got a rest on the grass...
But unfortunately I didn't put any sun cream, so one hour later, I was sunburned ..
Shit, it hurt a lot. I have to be careful next time.

26/01 - Off Beat

I found a nice place in Wellington, located on a small street.
You can eat sandwiches, drink coffee, smoothie, milkshake, ...
The place is really cute, their sandwiches are very cheap and so tasty, only 5 NZD.
I came 2-3 time already.
When I come back to wellington later, I will go back to this place again for sure.
The name of this place is Off Beat.

sandwich with egg, bacon, salad, tomato, Hollandaise sauce ... delicious

25/01 - Welcome to Wellington

Welcome to Wellington, you may already know that is the capital city. It is often called Windy Wellington because it is the windiest city in New Zealand.

The Mount Victoria provides 360 degree views of Wellington City, so you can see the harbor, the city, the ocean, the airport and sometime the South Island if the weather is good.

24/01 - Maori

So far I had no idea what, who, how are the Maori... so I decide to visit them in their village.

23/01 - Balloon Artist

Here are Ayako & Yuji, I met them in the bus.
Both are Japaneses, they are here to visit New Zealand and also work for few month.

What do you hold in your hand, Yuji? flower? no, it's balloon art.
Did you made it? Wooooaaah so nice. Is that for me? No, it's Ayako's ;-(
What about me? (jealous lol)
Sooooo sweat, this one is for me ﾟ+｡:.ﾟヽ(*´∀`)ﾉﾟ.:｡+ﾟ ♡ !!!!
Can you guess what is the animal he made?

22/01 - Soooo clear !!

Come to New Zealand to see by yourself the beautiful landscape.
Waaaaooh, the water is so clear !!

21/01 - Bye Bye Auckland

I have spent one week in Auckland already. Now I know where is my next destination.
One last sight to the Sky Tower, this monument is definitely the landmark of the city, because from everywhere you are around the city you can see it.

Sorry guys, the bus is waiting for me, have to leave now.
See you in Rotorua...

20/01 - Muriwai Beach

We went to Muriwai beach, located on the west coast of North Island. This beach is unique because of its black sand and also because of the steep cliffs that are home to the region's only gannet colony.
The beach is also popular for its surf activities.

19/01 - Incredible day

We took the highway go to Mairangi Bay. Suddenly, Pear said to us she just saw a child driving, nobody believed her, so we wanted to be close by the car to check, and we all realized that it was really a little kid (i guess he was about 10 year old or something like that). His mother was sitting next to him and he was driving was a 4x4 car. I wanted to take a picture but too bad I missed the target. Waoooh it is totally incredible!!

At the Mairangi Bay, we were sitting on a bench on the beach eating something. Suddenly Pear's husband said to us he saw a fin in the sea, he first thought it was a shark. But it was some dolphins swimming around, they were not far from the shore. It was the first time I saw dolphins.

Unfortunately I have no picture to prove these two facts, just trust me.

18/01 - Asian food, so Yummy

Lee asked me what do you want to eat. I answered I miss korean food a lot. So today we went in a korean restaurant for lunch and at dinner we went in a japanese one. In Auckland city, you can easily found a lot a chinese / japanese / korean restaurants. Unfortunately I did not found the salad with kiwi sauce or the cutlet pork with kimchi and cheese dish. I should return in Korea someday.

17/01 - Want to eat strawberry?

Pick strawberry by your own at Massey Gardens, only 7.50 nzd/kg. We picked about 2 kg but we ate a lot while picking.

On the picture: so sweeaaat !!!

16/01 - Catching crab and oyster

Today we went to the beach to catch some oyster. We spend all the afternoon there, the weather was very good, we all have a great time. We came back at home with two big bag of oyster and we also had some crab, all for free. For the dinner, we all enjoy the fruit of our effort.

On the picture: Where did Stephany find these big mussels?

15/01 - Meeting Pear's family

Arriving at the airport, I took a bus to Auckland city. There, I walked around for about 2 hours asking everywhere for information to find where to sleep that night. But every youth hostels were fully booked. So I called to Pear (my father's family side) to pick me at the Sky Tower. I met for the first time all her family. They live in a big big house, about 15 minutes from the city.

On the picture: Pear's uncle with his childrens.

14/01 - Meeting in Hong Kong

In this sunny day, I meet Andy at Sha Tin station. At first, he wanted me to taste dim sum in the restaurant he used to go. We ate a lot: har gao, siu mai, char siu bau, ... We paid about 5 euros for 5 dishes, in France we have only one dish for this price, food in Asia is so cheap!!! Then Andy gave me a tour of his university The Chinese University of Hong Kong located on a hill. It has so many buildings, his uni is just too big. At the top of the hill, we had a great view.
We spend our last moment at Tsim Sha Tsui where we have a nice view of the tall buildings, at night all buildings are illuminated, so beautiful. Now it's time to leave Hong Kong for New-Zealand. Eleven hours flight to go there, damn it's too much, I have already flight eleven hours from Paris to Hong Kong.

It was very nice to meet him again after that long time. Next time I will stay more time at Hong Kong.
~~ see you my friend. ~~