Sunday, July 16, 2006

Day 1. Trip to South Island - New Zealand



Day 1 in Chirstchurch. 2.00 Chirstchurch time, we arrived in the airport with a hopefull trip as Sonny arranged in his itenerary. The itenerary was highly elaborated and detailed. The picture was taken when we were waiting for a shuttle to campervan rental which was relatively close to the airport. We stepped out side the airport lounge just to feel how cold in Chirstchurch and blow the breath out in their to see how foggy it was. One of us said "Liat kaya di luar negri yaa! ..."



Masih day 1. This is the place where we rented the campervan. Some little problem started bugging us that the admin told Sonny that the campervan yang buat 6 oranng gak bisa di pake 7 orang. Oalaaaah ... gimana dong. Bingung n super bingung, ngeras salah juga sich, gara-gara menjawab jujur. Pas ditanyai berapa adult n berapa children? ya jawabannya segitu adanya, 4 dewasa n 3 anak.
Ternyata si bule admin kaget, katanya illegal kalo campervannya di isi 7 orang padahal si Lara kan cuma seperempat dewasa. Gilee bener, pokoknya kalut banget dech. Tapi lagi bingung-bingun pun sempet di foto, neh foto nya. Akhirnya kita ditungguin untuk mencari alternative solusi. Ada dua solusi dengan pertimbangan ikutan aturan atau jalan pintas dengan dalih kita bisa sama-sama n dan berhemat or else.

Liat nich, kacian kan anak-anak pada bergoleran nungguin ortunya berdiskusi mencari siasat yang paling top.

Akhirnya kami sekeluarga dibalikin lagi keairport pake shuttle, pura-puranya mau cari hotel n rental mobil kecil untuk bertiga aja, padahal kita nunggu Sonny's family di airport walopun harus pake tingkat kesabaran yang setinggi-tingginya. Akhirnya mereka dateng juga, kasian juga perut mereka dan kami belum ada yang terisi karena dari tadi sibuk urus campervan. Ketua rombongan hampir colaps karena belum makan, akhirnya kita beristirahat di cafe airport sampai menunggu si beliau pulih.

Having all ready, we jumped up all to the campervan to find the campersite in Chirstchurch. The campervan was the top quality but with manual gear that make us a bit worried to drive. I heard in day 2 he would change it to the auto one for our synergy in taking turns to drive away long the south island. We found the camper site was really cool. It said it was four star campersite, the spa, heated swimming pool n many luxuries provided. We did not feel like camping, it was really enjoyable before another trouble came again in the next day.

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