OK, the next pit-stop was Wanaka. It is a town north-east of Queenstown on the Lake Wanaka. Yes, another Lake. Here we spent the night before pushing off for Mt. Cook the following morning. The reason for Wanaka: the scenic route offers hubby hair-pin bends and narrow roads to test the Corolla by. Not to mention the views.
The "scenic" shorter route
You can see the easier but longer route in the centre of the pic
At Wanaka we chanced upon an Indian restaurant serving halal fare, so we had our fill of hot nans, paratha, RICE, veg and meat curries
Lake Wanaka
Wanaka, from our room at the Wanaka Heights Motel
En route to Mt Cook:
First a break at a roman toilet! This was at "Puzzling World" just outside the town
Stark landscape
This is Lake Pukapi
No proper picnic spots there. We simply stopped by the roadside
for a lunch of bread, cheese, hard-boiled eggs, hummus, and salad
for a lunch of bread, cheese, hard-boiled eggs, hummus, and salad
Driving across a dry creek
Snow-capped Mt. Cook in the distance
A 30 min walk to get a closer look
Kea Point - the lookout point
In the foreground is part of the 13km long Mueller Glacier
On the road to Fairlie - flat terrain now
We were fairly pooped when we arrived in the evening.
6 comments:
Phew! No more speeding fines, at least. hehehe... Awesome scenery, Aunty Zen. Nanti pujuk Mama pergi lagi. purrrr.....meow!
Kak Zen...cantikkkkknya...tapi gambar kat Roman toilet tu mula2 saya ingat betul lah...bila lihat betul2..rupa2nya gambar !!! ...cis...tipah tertipu! hehehe
@nurazzah8
Nampak tak jari telunjuk kanan Munie itu menunjuk kemana?!!
Nice pictures, beautiful scenery .. ahh jealous nya saya
Hi Zendra, wow! Love your pics.....I guess NZ in many ways look like Canada too.....as well the names, like Canada, mostly Native names.
Hey....I really love that Roman toilet. Holy Smoke!
You mean that is what it was long ago?
Doing ha ha, downloading in full view of everyone same time chatting about what Emperor Nero or Brutus was doing? Ha ha. Or who Cleopatra fooling around with?
Love your roadside picnic. There's no h'ways restaurant stops? No cops dropped by?
You know, I really love the lifestyle you and hubby lead. Wayyyyy to go, Zendra.....
Have fun, stay young and keep a song in your hearts, Lee.
Hi Lee, hubby needed a break from work and I think we made the right holiday choice. South Island is a different world for us, the desolateness, the splendid views and fresh air, and the friendly people...
I thought that roman toilet feature was good too, everything was communal back then I suppose - toilets, baths, spas, ovens? Oh, and each one of them in the picture carries a kind of fur brush to clean themselves with after the "deed"...
Thanks for dropping by Lee, it's been a while... hahaha
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