Finally, I reached the last day of my tour in South Island New Zealand. The town where we stayed, Queenstown sits on the edge of Lake Wakatipu and is surrounded by the Southern Alps. The beautiful view is enough reason to spend time in Queenstown if you choose not to do anything else and since we still had hours before our flight back to Auckland, we took a stroll around.
The town centre itself is small enough to walk around. Even though it is quite a small area but the occupancy during the travelling season can swell a few folds of it original size. Many of the other people in town are mostly visitors. This place is so serene that retiring at this place is not a bad idea. Weather is cool. Air is fresh. Plenty of sunshine. It offers year round attractions too.
It happened to be Sunday on the last day of our stay there. We were walking near the wharf when we came across a weekend market there.
Like all market you get to see so many weird stuff.
Ever wonder how Chow Kit got its name?
After that, we took a short sightseeing inside the Queenstown Garden. The garden was surrounded with colorful flowers. It was truly a memorable and beautiful place that we will cherish forever. We sat on the bench at the croquet lawn reflecting all those memories we had over the years and what we encountered during this whole trip.
It was already noon by the time we reached back to our hotel. We packed all our staff and headed back to our car which we abandoned him for one day. Engine was revving up after surviving the cold and chilly weather there. Thank God. We made our last trip around Queenstown by car. Going up at one of the steepest road I ever encountered in my life apart from Jalan Ara for an overview of the town.
Awesome.
We made a last push to Glenorchy as the drive to that location which is 50 minutes north up Lake Wakatipu, is rated as one of the top scenic drives in the world. Though we didn’t reach all the way to Glenorchy, we stopped by the roadside and manage to have a view of Pig Island-Matau.
Queenstown suppose to be a tourist spot for those adventurous seeker. Things like bungy jump, skiing, jet boat ride, Mad Dog Riverboarding are aplenty here. But like I say before, I would be glad that we could come back in one piece rather than upsetting our old people.
After pumping the petrol to the original level, we drove our way to the Queenstown Airport. Apparently, the dropping off system is so convenient and professional that the airport authority itself reserves a car park area especially for car rental drop off. We took photos of the car before we leave (just in case) and dropped our key at the booth inside the terminal. We bid farewell to Queenstown and made our way to Auckland city. We stay overnight at a Korean opened motel nearby the Auckland International Airport. No kimchi but we ate at their one and only Nepalese opened Indian restaurant again. Yup. Malaysian Hot.
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