Kata Kaia, we must get to Wellington early and go to Mount Victoria. Mount Victoria is where you can see the 360deg view of Wellington.
The road from Rotorua to Wellington is far. Memang jauh. But like everywhere else is NZ, sangat cantik. The state highway is rather quiet with few cars in between. Saya agak orang NZ terbang whenever they need to get to anywhere.
We got to Wellington rather late, with the last rays of the sun. Wellington looked lovely with houses on the hills facing the sea. In fact it was rainy in Wellington.
Dan kami terus ke Mount Victoria. And it was very windy too. The city wouldnt be called Windy Welly for nothing I suppose. And the view is really something. One you would you find in a magazine.
Nama je mount, tapi it is a very steep hill with small winding road and tight corners. The road hugged the edge of the hill (tanpa ada guard rail). Pretty houses sit on all space available on the hill. Saya agak sebab the view is outrageously cool.
My heart literally sank when we made our way down. Jalan teramat sempit dan curam. And here we are in a big vehicle like ours. Saya agak jalan sesuai untuk ala2 kereta cooper saja. Not even for a saloon. Let alone a 7m campervan!
Saya pesan pada Kaia, jangan buat mama takut macamni lagi. He laughed (budak muda).
We spent the night at the DOC's Evans Bay Marina camp site (read that as free! It only has toilet, dump station and fresh water) which is close to the Interislander ferry terminal. We didnt want to miss our ferry schedule (and please read that as because the ferry fare cost the earth! It goes by the length of your vehicle..)
Gelap lagi kami dah queue for the ferry. Things were efficient, but we waited for quite a while sebab banyak kereta (tengoklah ferry pun besar mana..)
It was a big ship. Ada movie theater, restaurants, gift shops, a place for children to play, tempat duduk bagai2, rooms if you prefer to sleep, etc etc. Anything and everything to make your 3-hour journey comfortable.
And before we knew it we were already in South Island, leaving the North and Cook Strait behind.
(ps - This travelogue is more taxing than I originally thought!)
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