New Zealand Day 11 part 2 - Lindis Pass & Lake Pukaki

14 Jun - After leaving the Cromwell Old Town, we made another pit stop at Lindis Pass, located 971m above sea level. With such a beautiful scenery before us, we cannot resist but spent time taking photos!

Lindis Pass

After we are done with photos, we drove on to our destination of the day, Lake Tekapo.

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Lake Pukaki with beautiful clouds

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New Zealand Day 11 part 1 - Kawarau Gorge, Cromwell Town

14 Jun - Just for the moment, *mds* decides to go for her first ever bungy jump at the scenic Kawarau Gorge. The gorge river is fed by glacier water, apparent from the turquoise color of the water. Walking across the suspension bridge is also an experience, feeling the vibration of the bridge as someone took leap and jump off the bridge.

Kawarau Suspension Bridge

Kawarau George (Photo Credits: YB)

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Up next, we drove on and make a pit stop at the Cromwell Old Town. The historic houses from its old gold rush days are beautifully preserved, together with its picturesque beauty, lined with orchards and vineyards where two distinct rivers met.

Kawarau River

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Masonic Lodge

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Ducks enjoying their meal by the river

Detective Conan: The Darkest Nightmare

Synopsis: A spy infiltrated the Japanese National Police Agency, retrieving secret files of Britain's MI6, Germany's BND[2] and America's CIA and FBI. Rei Furuya and a group of Tokyo Police PSB intercepted the spy during the getaway, and just before the major car accident, FBI Agent Shuichi Akai sniped and crashed the spy's vehicle. The next day, at the aquarium in Tokyo with the Ferris wheel, Conan and the Detective Boys found a woman with heterochromia iris who suffered memory loss and had a broken cell phone. Having decided to stay and help the woman regain her memory, Conan and the Detective Boys are under the watchful eye of Vermouth. [Source: Golden Village]

It is the time of the year to catch our annual Detective Conan movie. Never did I expect that the scriptwriter draws this episode story from our very own Singapore Flyer! Nonetheless, there is not much mystery into the crime solving, but they do shed more light on the organisation that Conan has been trying to locate all these while. An average movie to catch.

Rate: 6.5/10

New Zealand Day 10 - Milford Sound

13 Jun - We woke up early in the morning to catch our coach bus to Milford Sound at 0720 from Queenstown. Along the way, we did a few pit stops to take photos of the scenic views and tourist attractions.

Great plains at Fiordland National Park

Mirror Lakes

Kea 

Running streams with refreshing water

Our Milford Sound Cruise

Milford Sound - where waterfalls are seen every few meters

Seals lying on rocks

New Zealand Day 9 - Arrowtown, Coronet Peak & Queenstown

12 Jun - Leaving Wanaka in the morning, we started our drive towards Arrowtown to catch some of its old historic buildings. Along the way, we stop by for some awesome photo shoots.

Ice on the ground (Photo Credits: YB)

Arriving at Arrowtown, an historic gold mining town in the Otago region of the South Island of New Zealand. After snapping photos, we stopped by for some hot chocolate before continuing our drive towards Coronet Peak, where we will be attempting to ski.

Arriving at Coronet Peak just before lunch. (Photo Credits: YB)

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Ski time! (Photo Credits: YB)

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We had fun falling and attempting to ski for a few hours before we get off our heavy gears and drive on to Queenstown.

Riding Skyline up to have a view of Queenstown. (Photo Credits: YB)

New Zealand Day 8 - Sky Dive & Puzzling World

11 Jun - We woke up to a bright and sunny morning, which means that our scheduled Sky Dive @ Wanaka is a go ahead! Woo! We arrived at the destination on time and is scheduled to be the first jumper for the day! Feeling excited as this will be my first sky dive in my whole life! The orange propeller plane below will be our companion for the next 20 mins to bring us up 12,000ft (3657m) into the sky! We have a great view of the mountains and lakes of Wanaka from the top.

And off I go!

Floating in the air!

Parachuting down safety after 45s of freefall

Have a last photo shot of Lake Wanaka before leaving the area

Wanaka Station Park

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The Legendary Wanaka Tree (Photo Credits: YB)

Slight drizzle started coming in during the late evening. With outdoor activities ruled out due to rain, we decided to visit the Puzzling World

Entrance to the Puzzling World (Photo Credits: YB)

An exhibit where each faces seems to stare at you

A shaft extending to infinity

Lets try some gravity defying moves! =)

We certainly have a fun and exciting day today!