Friday, January 2, 2015

Southern Island New Zealand Trip - Arrival Day

Our itinerary for the nine day trip at New Zealand starts from Christchurch-Lake Tekapo-Mt. Cook-Queenstown-Te Anau-Mildford Sound-Te Anau-Wanaka-Greymouth-Christchurch. 


Arrived at Christchurch on the 23rd dec by SQ early morning. We then got our rental car (toyota highlander). It's very comfortable for five of us with 6 luggages. 


We stayed near the city centre at Centrpoint @ columbus.I have booked 2 studio rooms for five of us, thinking that they may provide an extra bed with extra charge. Too bad, after the terrible earthquake in 2010, they have a regulation that doesn't allow 3 persons in a room. We were forced to get another room. 


After taking a shower, we went to get some food at a thai restaurant. Food is pretty good. Just that, the waiters made a mistake for our vegetarian pad thai. There was chicken served in the dish. So, i told then, and they appologize for that and planned to take it back and change for a vegetarian one. But since, we have tasted some, we told then that we would just keep and have the chicken pad thai. Of course we still want the vegetarian one as well. 

As we walked out, we offered them tips. At first they refused, but we insisted. I guess they probably felt bad due to the mistake. On the way back to hotel, i took out the receipt and take a quick look, and I realized that pad thai chicken wasn't counted.😅


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