Sloppy Chic

Visiting New Zealand was not in our planning, but since Japan trip was cancelled due to the quake, 2 of us immediately brain stormed for the next destination to go, after about 2 weeks of planning, we executed our journey successfully

We are really glad that we did this, although we really wanted to go Japan, but New Zealand is a beautiful place nonetheless

I will document our whole trip, if you are going to tour New Zealand (South Island) on self-drive, you are welcome to ask for my itinerary as a reference

*We picked a hot seat (+RM160) which I think totally worth it!

Air Asia flights to New Zealand are rather limited, there was only one flight to Christchurch in the morning (8.30am) and it’d be an 11+ hour flight so by the time we reached Christchurch, it was already near midnight.

Thank goodness our car rental Budget Car Rental counter was right at the airport, so it was a breeze to pick up our car. We had booked the car in advanced so there were not many procedures to picking it up. We rented for 12 days and it cost us about NZD$680 (~RM1632) which was not too bad. But, the petrol is not cheap in New Zealand, which is about NZD$2.2+- per litre. And more expensive in smaller towns.

New Zealand is UTC +12:00 so it is 4 hours in advance of Malaysian time, and the sky turns dark at 6pm!

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So naturally picturesque…

That was really hard to bid goodbye to

Sorry for the lack of updates, have been busy catching up with work and travel planning.

I will be away for 2 weeks….and till then! Will report my trip ^_^

Last week, I had a short work trip to Kuching, the journey took about 1.45 hr of flight from KL to Kuching. I don’t wanna talk about the flight experience…I hate taking flights especially if it is a short journey in Air Asia. Out of 3x experience with them, I had vomited 2x due to the nausea.

Ew!

Anyway, what I would like to share here is my stay – Pullman Kuching!

To my surprise, it was much better than I thought.

Checking into Pullman Kuching.

There is a new shopping mall underneath the hotel too. Though not many shops opened, but there is Old Town, Marry Brown, MNG..etc. Unfortunately, there is no supermarket. But there is  a small 24/7 convenience store. It’s really a small store though.

The tall Christmas tree is set up right in the center of the lobby.

The huge waiting area is really spacious.

Of course, I couldn’t wait to check out my room!

Hello King bed! It was all mine that night.

This superior room has a King bed, and a work station.

The work station. However, there is no free Internet in Pullman and it was pricey.

Well, thank goodness I have my Maxis 3G broadband. The speed is fast in Kuching!

As for the TV channels, there were popular ones like HBO, Star Movie, CNN, Channel News Asia and etc.

They have a bathrub in the bathroom, wish there was a jacuzzi instead!

The toiletries are quite complete, and you can request to borrow an iron for free too.

The glass door partitioning the shower.

After touring my room, it was dinner time!

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