Weekend Trip to Dunedin

Us with Scottish Bag Pipers at the NZ National Championships

Left to right : Hongkai, me, Veron, Su Hui and Yiling

Strike a pose... and we did

Us in Yiling's Room in Otago University

Enjoying a wonderful homecooked meal by

Su Hui and dessert by Yiling. Yummy!

And so it was on 9 February, Veron, Hongkai and I took the 2 pm Intercity from the bus depot to Dunedin. The 5 hour trip was interesting with much to see along the way. We arrived in Dunedin at 7.50pm, and proceeded to deposit our belongings for the weekend trip at the backpackers' hostel. Thereafter, we had a leisurely stroll down the undulating terrain of Princess and George Street to look for dinner.

On Saturday morning, we woke up and went for breakfast at Macdonalds. We had arranged to meet Su Hui and Yiling at 930 at the Dunedin Visitor Centre to plan the day's visits. We were slightly late as we watched the bagpipe procession; part of the NZ national championships. After meeting up, we proceeded to the Cadbury Chocolate World. As we still had some time, we decided to visit the Otago Settler's Musuem. We spent 75 minutes on the guided tour and bought some new chocolates available only in NZ. Thereafter we had lunch at a place called Asian Licensed Restaurant which was absolutely value for money. In the afternoon, we went to the Train Station which is apparently one of the most photographed spots in NZ. Unfortunately we could not enter as they were preparing the stage for the night's Dunedin Fashion Show. Nevertheless we took some pictures outside and proceeded to visit Otago University and Dunedin Botanic Gardens.

Dinner was homecooked by Su Hui and Yiling. We spent the rest of the night catching up and only left Su Hui's hostel at 11pm, reluctantly. Thanks a lot to them for being such great hosts while we were there. Come up soon and we hope to reciprocate your kindness.