It has been quite a while I was wanting to post about my NZ trip. Today was a different day for me and this evening, after almost 15 hours of total sleep, I decided to spend some time here….
Few months back, I had a trip to New Zealand. I never had been to this country before and when I applied for the visa, I was very surprised that it arrived in just two days!
On my way to Auckland, I stopped over Singapore for a day. I picked up some stuff from a supplier to carry it to Auckland. We forgot it in the taxi’s trunk but Singapore’s taxi service is so good that we got it back in a couple of hours. Dings came down to see me at airport in the evening.
My first few days after landing in Auckland were very busy. Except loitering around J-Lo’s place, I was more or less confined to the work place and his house. The first day was terrible as I was stuck badly by the jet lag. Even at 5pm in evening, I was very sleepy.
Amidst all busy days, one morning, Divyesh took me to one of the major attractions of Auckland – Mount Eden.
Mount Eden is a volcano peak/crater and the view of Auckland city was a visual delight.
As J-Lo was busy with his business same evening, Divyesh took me to Mission Bay – another tourist attraction of Auckland.
We found “Masala Indian Restaurent” there! Masala is so famous everywhere now!
And this was my first Starbucks outing too!
While original trip was of a week only, J-Lo’s father got it extended by few days so that I could finish all work and also get a day trip to some of the beautiful places of NZ…
One evening, J-Lo took me to a trip of SkyTower…
J-Lo, Divyesh, Dilesh and I headed one morning for this day trip…
We stopped at Tirau for a coffee break…
We then arrived at a site famous for volcanic activities.
I have heard of such sites in India and a couple of them are few hundreds of Kms away from my place but never have been there yet…
It was interesting visit to this place… Sulfur smell and bubbling water was something new for me.
We then stopped by at Lake Rotorua for a lunch… You will notice a large box full of food we carried with us…
We then stopped by for a Starbucks break…
We then headed to Lake Taupo – one of the most beautiful lakes of NZ… 
On our way, it was so scenic everywhere…
The sun was about to set when we reached near to Lake Taupo… The golden light illuminated the houses nearby…
And to this tree too!
By the time we reached near to this tree, the sun already set… no more golden light :(
This lake has a very crystal clear water. It was so peaceful that we could have stayed overnight here…
A morning before my departure, J-Lo asked me to go out with him for a quick drive for a very stupid reason… The reason did not make any sense at that time but I just obeyed him. He parked his car on a back street of some shopping center and asked me to wait in the car for a few minutes… again citing a stupid reason. I smelled something fishy going on but I trusted him… He returned after almost half an hour. He then took me to some gas station for a car wash and again left me in the car while he went in the store to meet someone… When he returned, he handed me over a gift which made my hands and body shivering and shaking and I refused to accept it. He assured me that he had sought a full permission for this gift and such gift would not put either of us in any trouble…
Next day, I left for Singapore and had a couple of days stopover. I went to Sentosa to check on one of the technical installations there. It did not impress me much. Dings again came down to airport to send me off.
I missed my camera in this trip. It was needed back home… In NZ, I used J-Lo’s 50D. Its much comfortable camera compared to my 450D.
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