In all my life, I’ve never planned for a trip as detailed as the one I just went on. It’s so good, that if anyone of you ever wanted to go to New Zealand, I can actually plan the whole trip for you. It’s that good.

I started out by flying Air Asia to Melbourne, and then flying Jetstar to Christchurch. Believe me when I say it’s cheaper than flying straight to Auckland with any other airline.

From Christchurch, we visited Oamaru, followed by Dunedin, and then Invercargill - All taken by bus. Then we rented a car and drove to Te Anau on the Southern Scenic Route, embraced Milford Sound, then dropped the car off in Queenstown.

After that, it’s a short bus ride to Cromwell, hung around for 4 hours, and then to Wanaka. A long bus ride to Fox Glacier begun, and then it’s another long bus ride to Greymouth, where we took the Transalpine train service that goes through, well, the alpines all the way back to Christchurch.

Then it’s another bus up to Kaikoura, another bus to Nelson, another bus to Picton, then a ferry that took us up to the North Island city of Wellington. From Wellington, it’s another long journey to stinking Rotorua, a bus to Auckland, another bus further up to Paihia, and then it was back to Auckland. From Auckland, we flew on Virgin Blue to Gold Coast, Australia, and flew Air Asia back to good old KL.

So, after 37 days, 19 cities/towns, 20 hostels, 10,000 bus miles, the trip was done. Sounds too fast? Well, it is.

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