Sunday, December 17, 2006

nz part six ..wellington city


sneak peek at the theme for the coming entry.. queen charlotte sounds from aboard the deck of the wellington to picton interislander ferry... beautiful deep blue!

okok for this entry we'll take a hiatus from the usual nature and more nature themes and dive straight into the city...urbanization!!


wellington city.. Victoria uni of wellington law school..elvin's hangout perhaps lol



frosted glass panels inside Te Papa, the wellington museum that's really quite impressively comprehensive in terms of variety of exhibits.


Te Papa from the outside



The Museum Hotel opposite Te Papa ..note the luscious green moss covering the lower face of the main wall towards us..wonderful contrast man..




Near the city harbour..jy in the foreground





interesting lamp-post along the harbour



monstrous slide that appeared freaky even to us adults..and yet this was meant for kids under the age of ten .. won't it be like a nightmarish experience for those kids? macam giant water slide without the water in those theme parks.. jy in the process of going down the slide without getting stuck halfway lol




sculpture along the wharves



yet another sculpture..abstraction huh...




inside the corridors of the cathedral beside parliament house



the cathedral itself..pity the light flare




the nz 'beehive'..main parliamentary building..damn ugly architecture but unique nonetheless




anyone can take a typical postcard shot..this one was taken from atop the botanic gardens..we took the cable car to the summit... yes it looks more like a tram but it's called a cable car though... vintage cable car




feeding ducks in the botanic gardens



taken from a tombstone, in a cemetary right smack within the botanic gardens..albeit towards the borders of the entire place..the botanic gardens are HUGE



This wasn't taken by me but i thought it may serve as good evidence of how late the sun set in nz when we were there..note the time on the clock: past 8.30PM, but yet it was still so bright that this shot could be taken without flash lol... ps, ww and jy..the CPF trio again : Coloured Plastic Frames threesome hahahahahaa



again, I didn't take this shot... shows us girls posing around the distal extensions aka 'legs' of some totally weird-looking metallic structure we found near our hostel(basebackpackers').. resembles something that emerged from the movie A.I... or maybe the matrix..who knows...

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