hopefully this annual event will go on forever... we started with melbourne last year... went very well.
upon departure...
pok arr is the person incharge of logistic... air ticket and motorcycles rental
ready to board...
day 1-christchurch
upon arrival at the airport.. this picture is just like cover album... singer-pok arr, drummer-black, bass-tommy, anjemang-lead guitar, mpc-backup singer... hahahahhaha
in front of te waipounamu
line up for final check.. mine is the red gs...
final briefing by terry.. explaining what should and should not...
right before flag off...
first thing we did after checking in were looking for a place for dinner. we were just lucky. riccarton road is one of the well known road in christchurch. we had our dinner just beside our motel.. arjee bajee..
this is the motel we stayed...
hanging out before we go to bed.. having coffee at the one of the cafe along riccarton street...
day 2- christchurch-harihari
first day ride.. taking pictures in front of our hotel... still fresh and energize...
lesson learnt from previous trips.. never skip your meal. having breakfast at subway.
mountain view..
stopped by for a cup of coffee about an hour after we left Christchurch... the weather is windy and cold... nikmatnye having coffee and sitting in warm place...
berahi la ambik gamboo....
we took pictures with the rider from austria if i am not mistaken.
we are headed to this mountain.. arthurs' pass national park. th weather getting colder..
scenic view for this area. we just stopped here for pictures with the stones. mannn... malaysia pun byk batu ....
with al capone... and tm
tue-tue lake dohhh....
handicap with a big heart...
dato b ...
freezing here...
break for lunch in arthurs' pass village...
zack the black...
anjemang the tasauf aka beram.... the picture speaks itself...
pok arr aka al capone aka gee
mpc aka pir
tom aka but..
meng aka flowerhorn
along the way from arthurs pass to harihari...
we have not book any dinner. however, the hotel owner manage to cook chicken curry with rice for us. the curry.. not bad at all.
dinner in mt adam lodge...
resting in the lounge...
morning in harihari...nice place to stay but a bit secluded... good for relaxing.
8 of us. full house. anjemang and bob were staying somewhere fox glacier. they missed this place. too fast too furious...
still have time after breakfast ...
day 3- harihari-wanaka
we start of the day after lite breakfast towards wanaka...
the river here are made of glasier.. the water are green... a lot of stones..
refueling at small town after harihari... forgot the name. if you are travelling to suburb or country side new zealand, make sure you ask around where is the next stop for fuel station.
franz josef will be our next stop for the glasier...
franz josef downtown.. here you can take helicopter for the sight seeing. you can also hiking from here to the glasier..
coffee break... i love the weather..
at the entrance road to franz josef glasier...
is that beautiful...
which view is better?
we have to walk about 15 minutes to see the glasier.. but we did not go further up the mountain... time constraint..
look at that... forces of nature God creation.
another album cover... but this time we have substitute.. hahahha since anjemang aka bram was not here.
we actually suppose to meet anjemang and bob here and having our lunch as well. anyhow, zack bike radiator got leak somewhere... we spend couple of hours for the mechanic to have a look at the bike.
having fried rice for lunch... in malaysia rice, new zealand rice again....
this is the right one... pizza brahhhh
downtown fox glasier..
fox glasier from downtown views...
wak nde tu meng???? dok dang doh gamok oh??
great ocean drive kiwi version i guess..
cigarette break at scenic view look out
met a couple ride from north island.. sharing stories about new zealand and of course the riding...
todays' trip.. lake view route...
approaching wanaka....
zack is black...
dato b the bull
staying in clearbrook hotel... highly recommended..
finally we are in wanaka... nice quiet little town...
having dinner here...
yes we are from hot country...
morning in wanaka...
gee and bull ... what are guys thinking about???
north ...
west...
meng and zack...
breakfast with pan cake...
day 4-wanaka- te anau
champion aka beram.. got ticket. too fast to furious brahhh...
while waiting for anjemang got ticket...
roaring tiger...
we passed by bungee jumping centre... no way hose i will do this hahahha... bob did told me before this if we have time he wanted to bungee jump and sky dive... he is very serious about this... hahhahah when the time comes... cit puit.. habuk pun tarakkkk...
queenstown mall
i am not sure what is the name of this boat. but its flying thru the lake, doing donuts...
while taking break in arthurs pass, we bump in to a guy. he advice us to take the route from queenstown to glenorchy. he said the most beautiful route for riding. and its true. because of this route, we off schedule about half an hour from the original plan.
its al ready dark when we arrived in te anau. but we pretty much enjoy the view from queenstown to glenorchy.
i can say this is the beginning of fiordland. no handphone signals. our support vehicles was lost looking for this place. it was too dark with no road lights along the way.
this is where we stay in te anau. very cheap with good accomodation.
morning in te anau.
day 5-te anau-milford sound-invercargill
we left te anau earliest possible to make sure we are on schedule. we had planned to take the boat tour in milford sound.
cigarette break in one of the creek to milford sound.
we have to thru a tunnel. its a one way tunnel. but not for meng.... he was so excited. he went thru with the red lights on.
we took the boat tour. hard to describe how beautiful God creation.
we are lucky to have penguins around us for a while...
waterfalls in some of the areas.
we also have wallarus aka beram...
we of schedule a little bit. overnight in evencargill instead of balclutha. admiral courts motor lodge. cheap and very nice..
day 6-invercargill-timaru
day 7-timaru-christchurch
day 8-christchurch
