Whenever we fly back to New Zealand, my heart would race a little as I take in the spectacular views of Aotearoa from my window seat. It's like taking a scenic flight at a fraction of the cost. Wellington coast and Makara Peak On this flight back to Wellington, this girl sitting in front of us kept turning around to look at us...
On our last day in Sydney, we bumped into the Anzac Day March in town. Anzac Day is quite a significant event in New Zealand and Australia but I've never watched the parade in New Zealand so we hanged around to see what it was about. People clapped and waved their flags as war veterans, civilians who had supported the Australian troops, descendants...
Time to check out of Lane Cove North today. Caught Victoria (the host) before she left for work. Had breakfast with Bella (not her dog) before leaving at around 10 am. Bella ran away when I opened the door, Rui went to catch her back. After checking out of the apartment building, we could see her looking at us from the balcony, perhaps...
It turned cold today below 20°C with showers and I was underdressed. Realised Kam Fook changed name to King Dynasty and decided to have Tim Ho Wan instead. Since the weather was poor, we did our shopping and eating in Chatswood for the rest of the day. I spent $256 on winter wear. I've never bought so much clothes at one go! Shared...
After a nice brunch at The Wooden Whisk, we took the bus to the start of the Manly coastal walk in Sydney. It's an easy walk along the beach, some bush, back on the beach again and ends at the Manly Wharf. There are several points of interests, detours and lookouts along the way; we didn't stop at all of them as they...
Anzac long weekend in Sydney. Not a smooth start, as usual on the first day. Flight was delayed by 30 mins. Air New Zealand is so stingy; there was no cookie on this flight. I was tired, hungry and thirsty when we landed in Sydney. Tried to redeem free coffee at Gloria Jeans but they won't accept the loyalty card anymore. Managed to...
