Perjalanan Ini : Northland, New Zealand (part1)

The best thing about Din having to work on public hols is that he is given an extra day off, which allows us to have a holiday lain dari masa org lain. Best sbb less hassle in terms of senang dpt affordable accommodation, and takyah berebut2 kalu nak ambik gambar kat tourist spot.

This time, we went to up north. After a light breakfast, we departed from Auckland around 8.30 a.m. on the 17th April, 2009...I drove from Auckland to Whangarei, ditemani oleh delicious kuih kacang + cold coffee + Din yg mamai2 sbb baru balik kerja pukul 7 a.m tadi + Adelia yg tidur all the way. Around 11.00, we made a stop at Whangarei Falls..Main reason of stopping > LUNCH!!! Menu : Nasi lemak ayam goreng...
Need to cross this small bridge and walk a little bit to be able to view the waterfall from near...

Whangarei waterfall from above...

Whangarei waterfall dari depan.....with Adelia modelling one of her nenek dayang's collection.

Then, we rushed to the Bay of Island....to catch a trip which is scheduled at 1.30.

Arrived in Paihia just in time.....fuhhhh.....although agak struggle la berlari2 anak dari tempat parking kereta ke jeti...There are several tour operators with various option. This is the trip that we took....see more here : http://www.greatsights.co.nz/

Bergaya dulu....sebelum pening2 lalat a.k.a hampir mabuk laut....hehehe...

Posing in front of the hole in the rock...

The hole in the rock on its own...picture taken just before pemandu bot tu decided to surprise us. He asked us whether we want to go through the hole, and just a few angkat tangan. So he said, since tak ramai setuju, he won't do it. And keep telling us that it is impossible to go through it. So, I stood at the front of the boat.....when tiba2....the boat speed forward...and really2 went through the hole. Agak scary tapi tgk sorang nenek ni maintain aje...so, I have to keep my cool as well...hehe......

On the way back.....Cape Reinga from afar...

By this time, most of the passengers turun kat one island, for an hour tour there. But, we decided not to. Since tak ramai org on board.....we lepak2 kat depan boat la...

Posing la....apa lagi....dah agak2 mcm takde dolphin kan....

Then.......out of the sudden >>>>>> DOLPHINS!!!!!

There were about 5-6 of them.....and we can see them very very clearly. Adelia was so excited.....that she kept screaming "tu...tu...tu...."everytime dolphin2 tu came out of the water. Ohhh...by the way, the dolphin pictures that we took didn't really justify what we saw. A combination of kamera biasa2 + photographer lady yg menggelabah + bateri ala2 nak kong + dolphin yg unpredictable bila dia nak appear.....yg ada ni pun cukup baik la.

Have to see it yourself to believe it...hehehe...