The Tranzalpine Railway

On the Tranzalpine Railway

Arriving in Christchurch

Getting off the train

A great train journey

Willowbank Wildlife Reserve

Feeding the eels

Wellington

The Te Papa National Museum

The colossal squid

Building my squid

The gigantic slide

The cable car

Driving the jet

Flying fox

Differences

Some bridges in New Zealand are one lane and are even shared with trains

Sandflies - the vicious animals

Trains can go mad here

The Antarctic Centre and Penguins

I went to the International Antarctic Centre. When I got there I went to an area named Scott Base. You could see what it was like living in Antarctica. Bubbles would fall from the ceiling to represent snow. Then I went on the Hagglund Ride that turned out to be a ride with huge hills that you went up slowly and extremely fast down. A Hagglund Snowcat is a machine that moves you around Antarctica. Then I went to an area that had many activities like a room with toys and penguin stuffed animals. Then I went to a 4D theater that sprayed you with water and bubbles to represent bird poop and snow. I also saw Little Blue Penguins being fed fish. Another time I saw penguins in the wild. Little Blue Penguins are the smallest penguins on earth. I had a great time.

On the Ski-Doo

Penguin Feeding 

A Penguin in a Burrow

 Yellow-Eyed Penguin

Little Blue Penguins Come Ashore

The flight of my life

Inside the helicopter

A view from the helicopter

Fox Glacier

The helicopter

Kaikoura and Punakaiki

Fun at the Seal Colony

The Pancake Rocks

The king of the Pancake Rocks

Pancakes at the Pancake Rocks

The Start of My Adventure

Having fun at the airport

Measuring mussels

The Beginning of My Trip

At 5:00pm on 2/14/15 a shuttle took me to the LA airport. When we got there we checked our bags, went through security, and found ourselves in a terminal we had never seen. It had lots of foreign shops and restaurants. The Hobbit was filmed in New Zealand so I saw a plane with Smaug the dragon’s picture on it. Also the safety video on our personal TV was including The Hobbit. Our personal TVs had a video game controller for video games, headphones for listening, and you could watch lots of movies. We stopped in Auckland and got on a smaller plane. We landed in Christchurch the place we’re staying at 11:30am. Now we are staying in Christchurch.

An interesting thing at the airport 

Our plane

A cool plane

We stop in Auckland

We land in Christchurch

Packing

Me and my mom packed lots of clothes, toys, and games. We worked hard and packed lots of things. I  rolled up some of my clothes. We got my favorite books. We had a fun time packing for our trip to New Zealand.