tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10786181779345621732024-03-04T23:04:51.122-08:00New Zealand Working HolidayWork & play in New Zealand...a backpacker's real life experience.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger62125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078618177934562173.post-43819982033251625332015-08-22T05:33:00.001-07:002021-03-24T07:24:27.224-07:00Last Visit in Aukland before Leaving New Zealand <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 13.7pt 0in;"><span style="color: #cccccc;"><b><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #cccccc;">After completed
my last tour of dolphin watching in Paihia, I took a bus to Aukland since my
flight leaving NZ was in Aukland.</span> </span></b><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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another few free days in Aukland before my leaving, I went to visit some places
including Aukland Domain and Parnell Village. The village is the oldest suburb of
Aukland and notable for the cafes, galleries and shops in boutique style. By
the way, Aukland Domain is located at 20 Park Road and it’s an urban public
park covered 75 hectares area. As a matter of fact; it’s the oldest park in the
city. During the days in city, I also did some souvenirs shopping as well as meeting
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the itineraries of my working holiday were</span> <span style="color: #cccccc;">done. Frankly, I was feeling fairly</span> <span style="color: #cccccc;">tired
for my one year trip in New Zealand and I missed my home. It seemed I had</span>
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days earlier, I really couldn't wait to return home. </span></span></b><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078618177934562173.post-36024401457520477392015-07-13T06:13:00.004-07:002021-03-24T07:34:14.775-07:00Just A Dolphin Watching in Paihia<b><font color="#cccccc" face="times">After the stay in Whangarei, I continued my itinerary to Paihia in Bay of Islands for a dolphin watching. I decided to travel alone by bus for about an hour journey. <br /> <br /> I bought a ticket for dolphin watching in the morning before the tour and it charged me $89. I boarded the cruise in the afternoon and the tour duration was approximately 4 hours. <br /> <br /> My plan was to watch the dolphins but predominantly swimming with them in the ocean. Unluckily, we’re told that it’s appeared not many dolphins on the day (perhaps it's due to the weather?). Thus, passengers included I had no chance to jump into the sea and swim with them. I was really disappointed; all I could do at the moment was only shooting more pictures and recording videos of the lovely dolphins and surrounding areas. </font></b><div><font color="#9e9e9e" face="times"><b><br /></b></font></div><div><font color="#9e9e9e" face="times"><b><br /></b></font></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><font color="#9e9e9e"><b><br /></b></font>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>My host, David, has a contemporary structured house in the suburb. He provided me a private room with bathroom attached. I liked the views around his house especially scenes looked from the kitchen and balcony of the room I stayed.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">A popular tourist destination, Huka Falls, was the place we visited before we arrived in Taupo downtown. They’re picturesque waterfalls set on the Waikato River that flows into Lake Taupo. Along the river, there’re some wide and narrow canyons perform the different levels of water flow. </span><br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Afterward, we left to Taupo city and later we explored the Lake Taupo as the largest lake in New Zealand. Again, we had a nature experience at one of the lakesides. It’s a leisurely pastime to rest and enjoy the quiet and soothing views on the sandy beach.</span><br /><br /> <br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">
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<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Taupo is well known for its adventurous activities and bungy jumping was the one interested me the most. I actually longing for a bungy jump long before but I haven’t had a chance yet. Hence, I planned to experience it in Taupo when it’s summer. I knew I was worried about the safety of the game, thus I checked for more information of the Taupo Bungy. My worries simply had gone when I found out that there’s no any demise cases happened in the history. When we’re in Taupo, we went to the bungy jumping site a day ahead of my real jump as we wanted to know the prerequisites we have to fulfill. Well, the minimum weight for all jumps is 45 kg and the minimum age to participate is 10 years old. Moreover, we also wished to feel the atmosphere and tested if we really could go for it. Three of us, but only one of my friends and I booked at the counter.</span><br /><br /><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><u><br /></u> Location: Fairy Springs Road, Rotorua. <br /> Tel: (07) 350 0440<br /> Website: <a href="http://www.rainbowsprings.co.nz/">www.rainbowsprings.co.nz</a><br /> Opening hours: 8am – late, everyday<br /><br /> <br />In my opinion, Rotorua is the best place to explore Maori culture and a tour to the village is a must. In fact, there’re few different village tours promoted around but we finally chose the Mitai recommended by the people in the hostel we stayed. Anyway, we prepared to be at the site in the evening. We’re brought to the actual Maori village location in natural bush.</b></span><br />
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also an interesting paid tour that visitors may possibly join. A shearing shed
room, souvenir shop and farmview café are also part of the park. Interestingly,
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Agrodome<br /><br /> Location: Western Road, Ngongotaha, Rotorua.<br /><br /> Tel: (07) 3571050<br /><br /> Opening hours: 8.30am – 5.00pm daily<br /><br /> Website: <a href="http://www.agrodome.co.nz/">www.agrodome.co.nz</a><br /><br /> Driving direction from Rotorua city: take State Highway 5 towards Hamilton and take a right turn into Western Road.</b></span><span style="color: #cccccc;">
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<b style="color: #cccccc; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Situated at Queens Drive, the Museum of Art and History was built with its astonishing garden landscape, the Government Gardens. The urban park is closed to the lakeshore and it offers thousands of flowers and plants for visitors to enjoy.</b><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078618177934562173.post-307810675891368872015-01-30T06:21:00.000-08:002017-10-09T06:24:43.820-07:00 A Visit in Tirau and Otorohanga, Waikato<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>One of the trips we made from Opotiki was a day tour to Tirau followed by Otorohanga in Waikato region. </b></span><br />
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<b style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The beach was white sandy with clear water and the surroundings were not as crowded as other popular beach sites. We enjoyed some ice-creams and ‘fish n chips’ at the beach meanwhile we welcomed the fresh breeze blowing towards us. It’s truly a stress-free moment we had. What’s more we could ask for?</b><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>It wasn’t a busy period when I worked in Te Puke. As a result, I had times for sightseeing in the areas of Te Puke and the nearby coastal cities, Tauranga and Mount Maunganui. <br /><br />Since horticulture is the main economic activity in Te Puke, the tourism in the town is still underdeveloped excluding the famous <a href="http://www.kiwi360.com/">Kiwi 360</a>. By road, it’ll take only 5 minutes to reach the site from Te Puke city. Kiwi 360 provides a place for nature lovers to appreciate the spectacular landscape. Together with Gavin, I visited the parks, orchards as well as the gift shop which offers a variety of beautiful jewelry, skin care and other products. A giant kiwifruit built at the park is an attraction and also a beautiful landmark of Te Puke. It’s so wonderful when we climbed up to the giant kiwi and viewed the surrounding areas from high.</b></span><div>
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<b style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nestled on the north of Tauranga, Mt. Maunganui is a neigbouring town that’s also a major tourism attraction that interested both overseas and country’s tourists come to Bay of Plenty. These two cities are mainly connected by the Tauranga Harbour Bridge which was built on 1988. Mt Maunganui features a unique geography that offers the ocean beach and harbour beach at opposite sides of the city. However, views at the ocean beach are more attractive to me and there’re more people crowded at the side of the beach especially during summer.</b><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078618177934562173.post-43571457252777756162014-10-24T04:55:00.000-07:002018-04-11T03:30:15.326-07:00A Stopover in Whakatane<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Nestled in the east of Bay of Plenty, Whakatane is situated between Te Puke and Opotiki. It takes less than an hour drive traveling from Te Puke or Opotiki. Since we drove between both places quite often, a stopover in Whakatane was expected. However, we didn’t pay much attention to the city’s must-see or must-do lists. Still, we had scenery watching at Kohi Point Scenic Reserve and around Whakatane River.</b></span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078618177934562173.post-9432312676202364642014-09-03T18:33:00.000-07:002016-05-28T18:41:19.065-07:00Job Hunting in Bay of Plenty<span style="color: #cccccc;">
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<b style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One day, Gavin and I met a Malaysian lady contractor by chance while we're having dinner in a Chinese restaurant in Te Puke. She invited us to work with her in the kiwifruit orchards in Opotiki and she claimed that she could offer steadier works. I actually had never heard about the town before, but Gavin asked me to go there with him and try our luck in any case. Other than working in kiwifruit orchards again, I can’t think of any other jobs available for us at the moment. So, we tried. </b><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>On my second visit to Wellington, I could really feel that it’s a very windy city as what stated in the Lonely Planet. I think ladies may find difficulty walking on the streets with skirt :P<br /><br /> <br />5 weeks in the capital city and I had some part time jobs during my stay. I usually worked as waitress in restaurants and ice-cream kiosk in a shopping mall.<br /><br /> <br />Whenever I had free time, I liked to walk around and explore things. In the city centre, I found a place where computers with free internet access are available and that is the National Library of New Zealand. It’s located at 70 Molesworth Street, Thorndon and it’s opened at 10am – 5pm Monday to Saturday. There’s a time limit of usage but it’s fine to continue as long as there’s no other people waiting to use. Besides, this is also a place where some arts exist for browsing.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc;"></span><br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078618177934562173.post-90169346558138727642014-04-01T03:29:00.000-07:002018-04-11T03:19:21.420-07:00Second Road Trip to Queenstown on Spring<span style="color: #cccccc;">
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>I had no luck to experience the rafting adventure in Queenstown during my first visit on late autumn. The rafting company claimed that there’s road inaccessibility caused by snow issue. As a result, all the regular road trips for rafting activities were cancelled remaining the helicopter option. To save cost, I gave up for the time being. <br /><br /> <br />Hot air ballooning was the other adventure that I wished to experience all along. In fact, balloon flights are available and popular in Christchurch and Methven. Unfortunately, I was unable to try it in both places although they're closed to Asburton where I stayed. The bookings of the activity were cancelled by the authorities owing to the bad weathers :( <br /> <br /><br />Due to the happenings, I decided to revisit Queenstown for both adventures when winter was finally over. My housemate Gavin joined me for my second trip to Queenstown leaving from Ashburton. We drove on the State Highway 1 and turned into State Highway 79 (Geraldine-Fairlie Hwy) instead of following the East Coast. Then we drove forward into State Highway 8 and 6 passed through Cromwell and Frankton. We took about 6 hour drive with some breaks in between. <br /><br /><br />In the middle of the journey, we experienced an unfamiliar scenario. It was spring, but it’s snowing deeply like in winter. Outside the car, we saw everything is covered with thick snows; the sky was cloudy but sometimes it was sunny. </b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Most of my housemates in Ashburton got a car and one advantage staying with them was I could do traveling with them simply by their car. During winter and spring, I occasionally went to visit places outside Ashburton. One of the short trips I made with my housemate was traveling to Akaroa. My friend Park, he picked me up after I got off work and we traveled at night. We stayed overnight in a nice accommodation and spent morning to afternoon hours exploring the little town and surroundings. <br /><br />It’s photo shooting time in the morning, apart from the heart of Akaroa...</b></span><br />
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there're not many activities could do in Ashburton town, I joined my housemate Gavin for a day trip to Arthur Pass on one of our days off.</span></span></b></span><br />
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<b><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">I
initially wished to experience the </span><a href="http://www.kiwirailscenic.co.nz/tranzalpine/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Tranz Alpine</span></a><span style="color: #cccccc;"> scenic trains to Arthuss Pass from Christchurch. I saw a great deal on television about the discount
of the trains on winter. However, Gavin took the train previously on
summer and he told me that’s nothing. Hence, he persuaded me better to take a
road trip on ourselves. By driving, at least we could stop by anywhere we
wanted and there’re more scenic views could be enjoyed. Latterly, we started our
journey from Ashburton by his car. </span></span></b></div>
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<strong style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interestingly, a coincidence happened on the drive when sheep herding at opposite blocking the car. But then we’re happy to stop and wait meanwhile watching the front coming sheep unexpectedly :D</span></strong></div>
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more than regular driving hours, we finally reached the site. Arthur’ Pass
National Park is a heaven for adventurous skiers and mountain climbers. It
offers beautiful mountains for them to explore. </span></strong></span></span></span><br />
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Arthur’s Pass village, we met my housemate’s friend by chance. From the</span>
<span style="color: #cccccc;">conversation, we noticed that she missed the TranzAlpine train back to
Christchurch. As a result, we went to Christchurch and sent her back before we arrived
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</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078618177934562173.post-38952341283985353942014-01-14T04:06:00.000-08:002018-04-11T03:17:16.483-07:00Ashburton Town<span style="font-family: "bradley hand itc";"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: "times new roman";">
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><strong><span style="color: #cccccc;">Ashburton
belongs to Canterbury Region and it’s sited on the State Highway 1. This large
town is primarily a farming district. Lies between the Rakaia and Rangitata
Rivers, Ashburton offers fly fishing as an activity for visitors. In fact, it’s
only 86km away from Christchurch and that’s not far for us to take round trip
to Christchurch on days off. Nonetheless, I occasionally prefer to hang around in
Ashburton to enjoy the calming atmosphere it offered. </span></strong><span style="color: #cccccc;"><strong> </strong><span style="font-size: small;">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> Landmark clock tower in the downtown</td></tr>
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backpacker hostel, </span>I had an opportunity to stay in a nice rented house with lovely
housemates while in Ashburton. All of us are coworkers. Although the job we
involved was somewhat tedious, we enjoyed the moment back to home after work.</span> </span></span></span></b><br />
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used to cook dinner together, shared each other's meals, had talks and laughter
over dinner. Perhaps it’s due to the condition that staying in the town where entertainments are limited, we’re more cherished the moment hung around in the
house together, even just for movie watching or cooking. We also often had some
parties at home. I tried many delicious food cooked by my housemates. Again, I
was lucky because I stayed with great chefs. Meanwhile, I was so shamed for my
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Ashburton is not a resort town and don't seem interesting to most of the travellers or
backpackers, it's truly a lovely place for me to stay the longest in New Zealand,
unbelievable! I believe this is largely due to the atmosphere of the house and
people I stayed with. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></b></div>
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winter in Ashburton, I worked in a frozen food factory. The gigantic factory as
if an empire, built on a large piece of land and it operated 24/7 by workers on
shifts. I worked on morning shift started 6am until 6pm, total 12 hours of work
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all types of frozen foods included green peas, corns, mixed beans and ice</span>
<span style="color: #cccccc;">creams, I primarily worked for the category of French fries. I was required to
pack, grade or clean the waste potatoes and French fries.</span></span></b><span lang="EN"> </span></span><b><span lang="EN" style="color: black;"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Unsurprisingly, I used to see ample of potatoes and
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</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078618177934562173.post-80344237053756856092013-10-05T19:33:00.000-07:002017-10-09T06:37:29.260-07:00Scouting Jobs in Christchurch and Ashburton in Winter<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span lang="EN" style="color: #cccccc;">After
the traveling for 11 days, my friend Yen and I stayed in Christchurch for a week
and we attempted to find some casual jobs. We wanted to stay and work in
Christchurch, both of us didn't get any offer except the work from mussel
factory though. Urrrh...we couldn't endure the sting smell, so we only tried
one day and called an end. During the period, we also helped in hostels in
exchange for accommodation. However, we didn't like cleaning works so much, so
we looked for other changes.</span></b><span style="color: #cccccc;"></span></span><br />
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long, I had another chance to work but it’s in Ashburton, a town about an hour
drive from Christchurch. The offer was not bad and I accepted it. At least I knew
that I have an opportunity to explore another place in South Island. </span></b></span><br />
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<b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #cccccc;">I still
remember that I spent the first snowy day in Christchurch, so excited! Looking
out from the window, children were playing snows happily. Few days later, I
left this beautiful city to Asburton for a new work.</span></b><br />
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<b style="color: #cccccc;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">I by
all means was responsible to drive the car throughout the journey for the 11
days because I was the only one who could drive and had a valid driving
license. I had no other complaints except sometimes I couldn't take the
pictures while driving. On the other hand, I actually enjoyed very much driving
on the roads in South Island. The landscapes were always so magnificent along
the journey. Sitting beside me, my friend Yen occasionally helped to look up the
map and entertained me in the car :D</span> </span></b><span style="color: #cccccc;"></span><br />
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long as follow the road rules and routes, it shouldn’t be a problem driving in
New Zealand. To me, driving on the left side of the road is stress-free as I
used to follow the rule in my country. However, it may seem unaccustomed for
some international drivers. Please click on this </span><a href="http://www.nzta.govt.nz/licence/residents-visitors/driving-nz.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Driving In New Zealand</span></a><span style="color: #cccccc;"> section
to learn more about the visitors driving license, road safety and rules in New
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</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078618177934562173.post-8660754584824173502013-08-04T18:33:00.000-07:002015-08-28T23:13:23.360-07:00Returning to Christchurch from Lake Tekapo (Day 11)<b><span lang="EN" style="color: black;"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On the
last day of our itinerary, we spent the morning hours in Lake Tekapo. It’s
actually not much traveling on the last day. I drove the car on the State
Highway return to Christchuch. Christchurch is one of the stations where we
could drop the car to the rental company.</span></span></b><br />
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<b><span lang="EN" style="color: black;"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When
we reached the city of Christchurch, it’s about late afternoon. We checked in a
backpacker hostel then we cleaned the rented car a bit before we returned the
car on the next day, in the hope that we won't get charges for the car dirt. <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc;"><b><span lang="EN" style="color: black;"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Both
of us had so many clothes to clean and things to pack. We’re tired after the
long trip, especially me, as the only driver along the journey. At the same
time, we also felt a little down owing to the end of traveling. It meant that
we need to find some jobs again and save some money before we could have
another trip. Traveling is never enough for us, lol!</span></span></b></span></div>
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