New Zealand 16 Days Self Drive Holiday 2019 - Pre Trip
Lupin by the Lake side, Tekapo The idea of going to New Zealand was quite a sudden and unusual; NZ is far from most parts of the World including Borneo Island, and airfare is high. We had travelled to few parts of Europe with travel agents, and this is our first out of the country self-planned holidays. Lily and I still preferred cooler climate; we decided on NZ partly of its self-drive popularity, safer environment and familiar commonwealth background; and particularly beautiful landscape for older people like us. Dairy milking cows, Tirau, Waikato As we were planning the trip in early 2019, the cheaper AirAsia X had just cancelled its direct route to Auckland from Kuala Lumpur! We finally booked the usual Malaysian Airline as we could get easier connecting flight from Borneo, Kuching; our luggage was checked in from Kuching direct to Auckland! Malaysian Airline ticket - Kuala Lumpur/ Auckland This proved a little convenience when the MH changed its whole KL Auckland December sche...