The Wellington airport is very small and it’s very easy to get to the city from there. Actually, I’ve been enjoying flying domestic in NZ. I only have to be at the airport about half hour before take off and all three flights I took this weekend had all been a breeze from the check-ins till I got back to Auckland last night.
The reason I wanted to go back to Wellington is because the last I was here with the girls, we didn’t get a chance to see Te Papa museum. And I wanted to. And I was lucky that on Thursday, Te Papa opened late, until 9pm. Yep. So after I dropped off my pack at the YHA (nice, clean place) I walked around the city. Cuba St mall, Manners St mall, all the way to Lambton Quay. I was just checking out the stores – decided not to get buy anything because some of stuff I liked, I could get in Auckland (although I have to find the time to go shopping) and the stuff that were cool and exclusively Wellington, I couldn’t afford.
After all that walking, I finally went to Te Papa. It’s one cool place. I loved it. The exhibitions that I saw were Toi Te Papa (Art of the Nation) and Made in New Zealand plus the other permanent collections.
After all that walking, I finally went to Te Papa. It’s one cool place. I loved it. The exhibitions that I saw were Toi Te Papa (Art of the Nation) and Made in New Zealand plus the other permanent collections.
[I met Rachel from Christchurch who was staying in the same room with me at the YHA, we were talking and I mentioned Richie McCaw at one point – I always managed to mention his name in a lot of my conversations :) and she said, “ah, yeah, I just saw him the other day, at the grocery story doing his shopping.” Fantastic.]
Friday in Wellington started with a nice long breakfast at Wholly Bagel on Willis St. Then off to the Parliament for a tour of the Beehive, the House of Representative and the Parliament Library.
Friday in Wellington started with a nice long breakfast at Wholly Bagel on Willis St. Then off to the Parliament for a tour of the Beehive, the House of Representative and the Parliament Library.
After the tour, I took the cable car up to the Botanical Garden. The guy at the ticket counter wanted to give me a student ticket but I said, oh, I’m not a student and he kindly said that I really look like one :) Hahaha, I wish. Up on the top on the hill, I stopped by the cable car museum then walked a bit in the garden before heading downhill. I wanted to walk around Vic U but I was tired and hungry and lost so I just made my way down to the Lambton Quay, had lunch and went shopping a bit. I found a CD collection of kiwi songs. Should be good – but I haven’t listened to it yet.
There’s a new kiwi movie out called Eagle vs. Shark. It has gotten a rave review and the director Taika Waititi is touted as the next Peter Jackson. I thought it might never screened in Singapore so I went and watched it on Friday night. It’s very cute, funny in a very kiwi way, I guess. Thumbs up. Loren Horsley was very very good. I like her.
I have a bit of time to spend Saturday morning before my afternoon flight to Christchurch, so I went back to Te Papa. They opened a new exhibition today, The Scots in New Zealand. Quite interesting. The last trip I took was to Scotland and I loved it much and thought that the country had the same feeling as NZ. And that’s what some of the people who were interviewed for the exhibits said. Cool.
There’s a new kiwi movie out called Eagle vs. Shark. It has gotten a rave review and the director Taika Waititi is touted as the next Peter Jackson. I thought it might never screened in Singapore so I went and watched it on Friday night. It’s very cute, funny in a very kiwi way, I guess. Thumbs up. Loren Horsley was very very good. I like her.
I have a bit of time to spend Saturday morning before my afternoon flight to Christchurch, so I went back to Te Papa. They opened a new exhibition today, The Scots in New Zealand. Quite interesting. The last trip I took was to Scotland and I loved it much and thought that the country had the same feeling as NZ. And that’s what some of the people who were interviewed for the exhibits said. Cool.
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