e-booksonline Chapter 818 - 313: Yang Mi and Tang Yan’s One-Day New Zealand Tour (Part 2)
Chapter 818 - 313: Yang Mi and Tang Yan’s One-Day New Zealand Tour (Part 2)
A man can take anything, except being told he’s not capable.Tang Yan saw his intimidating aura and instantly shrank her neck, not daring to speak further.
Seeing this, Sun Dasheng didn’t say anything more either, because Yang Mi was pulling his hand and asking him, "Tell us, what’s fun around here? We won’t have to wander aimlessly when we disembark."
"I noticed the time we have to explore is only one day."
"Alright, let me introduce some fun places around here."
Sun Dasheng started explaining to them.
"The most famous spot is Hobbit Village: located in the Waikato Region of the New Zealand North Island, it’s one of the filming locations of the movies ’The Hobbit’ and ’The Lord of the Rings.’
Here you can find many cute Hobbit holes and cottages, and visitors can tour and experience the movie scenes."
"Oh, so all those magical scenes were filmed here?"
As actors, Yang Mi and Tang Yan were naturally interested in this.
They were eager to visit and experience it for themselves.
"Alright, let’s rent a car and drive there ourselves. New Zealand is quite big."
"Is it big? I saw on the map that it’s much smaller than Australia, just this tiny bit." Yang Mi was puzzled.
"That’s the map scale issue. On a world map, doesn’t Africa look smaller than India at first glance?"
Sun Dasheng provided an example.
"Maybe a bit bigger than India." Yang Mi corrected him.
"That’s not important. The truth is, Africa is much larger than India.
On the map, it looks only a bit bigger, but in reality, it’s ten times larger. Isn’t that shocking?
I was shocked the first time I found this out too. Who made this deceptive map, making countries near the equator look tiny, and the ones near the poles look huge? Look how large Russia is drawn, even though its area is just over ten million, but it looks bigger than Africa. It actually has only a third of Africa’s size."
"Wow! It’s true."
"So, New Zealand is not as small as you see." Sun Dasheng concluded.
"Okay, what else is fun?" Yang Mi continued to ask.
"Milford Sound is also nice: located in the Southwest of the South Island, New Zealand, it’s a fjord carved by glaciers, reputed as the ’eighth wonder of the world.’
There are spectacular waterfalls, steep cliffs, and deep fjords here, but you’d have to take a cruise or helicopter to tour."
"That sounds great!" Yang Mi looked forward to it eagerly.
Isn’t traveling all about seeing sights you’ve never seen before?
This place was also added to her must-visit list.
"Anything else?"
"Other places we’ve basically experienced back home, so there’s no need to repeat them. One day’s time is probably only enough for these two places." Sun Dasheng didn’t continue further.
"Alright, you’re right." Yang Mi nodded in agreement.
Then she looked at Tang Yan, who was playing the bystander, "What do you think?"
"You guys decide, I’m fine with anything since I’ve experienced it all before." Tang Yan shrugged, indicating she was just a side character this time.
After the boat stopped.
They got off the boat, rented a car, and set out for their destination.
The trip was quite fulfilling.
Yang Mi was very happy, constantly asking Sun Dasheng to take photos of her.
Since Sun Dasheng was an excellent photographer, the pictures turned out very beautiful, piquing the interest of the previously bored Tang Yan, who wanted him to take some pictures of her too.
Sun Dasheng didn’t immediately agree but instead looked at Yang Mi finding poses from afar and then quietly said to her, "My photography isn’t free."
"Bastard, tell me, what do you want?" Tang Yan knew exactly what he was up to.
But how is that saying...
Zhou Yu plays Huang Gai: one willingly fights, the other willingly takes it!
"Tonight, after I put her to sleep on the boat, I’ll come to find you, alright?" Tang Yan whispered through gritted teeth.
After saying this, she furtively glanced at Yang Mi not far away.
Seeing her happily posing, she finally sighed in relief.
"Alright, go on, I’ll take your picture." Sun Dasheng agreed.
A day’s trip, spent taking beautiful photos for the two women.
He finally experienced the exhaustion boyfriends go through when traveling with their girlfriends, and he was doing it double.
On the way back, they were a bit hungry and originally planned to find a fast-food place to grab something.
Unexpectedly, they came across a village.
Yes, there was even a primitive village here.
It piqued their curiosity.
The village was inhabited by indigenous people, the Maori.
Having interacted with many foreign tourists, they weren’t too isolated and were quite curious about Asians with black hair and black eyes.
They warmly invited them as guests.
The village chief, upon learning tourists were visiting, was exceptionally hospitable.
He led them to visit the Maori village, learning about Maori history, culture, and lifestyle.
After the visit, they began preparing a bonfire party.
That night, with the arrival of guests, the villagers were very enthusiastic.
Singing and dancing around the bonfire.
Roasting beef and lamb hung over the bonfire, the aroma was irresistible.
The group gathered around the bonfire to perform the Maori-exclusive Haka Dance, allowing Sun Dasheng and his group to personally experience the charm of Maori culture.
Very impressive.
It felt just like visiting domestic minority gathering areas.
However, due to the development of tourism projects in China, many original minority gathering areas are increasingly fewer, leaving a noticeable commercial trace, making such authentic primitive experiences quite rare.
After dinner, the village chief wanted them to stay the night, but Sun Dasheng declined the offer, stating they’d return next time if possible.
This time they were pressed for time to return to the boat, as it was about to set sail.
They understood and could only regretfully say they would definitely come again.
They also gifted them local specialties.
"The natives here are so enthusiastic." Tang Yan sighed.
"Are you really thinking of staying?" Sun Dasheng teased with a smile.
"Why? Is there a problem?" Tang Yan was suddenly on alert.
"Hehe...I didn’t say anything." Sun Dasheng didn’t answer her question.
She, on the other hand, recalled, a lot were warm-hearted, but there were also quite a few not-so-kind gazes.
This made her hair stand on end.
It seems one shouldn’t be too naïve, no matter where they go; always stay vigilant.
Alas...the country protects us too well.
Once abroad, it’s very easy to let one’s guard down every time.
Luckily, he’s here.
Tang Yan couldn’t help but glance at the person driving, her mind wandering off.
Yang Mi, confused by their conversation, asked, "Was something wrong with that place?"
Tang Yan leaned in and explained in her ear.
Yang Mi was so shocked she almost dropped her snacks, mindful that they were gifted; she wondered if there was any problem?
"No need to be overly anxious; there’s nothing wrong with the products. Just eat them, but remember that there are good and bad people everywhere. Don’t lose vigilance, but also don’t be overly paranoid."
"Oh." Though Yang Mi said she understood, she discreetly stashed the gifted specialties into the car corners.
Sun Dasheng saw it all through the rearview mirror, but he didn’t say more.
At 8 PM.
They barely made it back before the ship set sail.
After dusk.
It should have been deep and peaceful at night.
But the cruise ship was still brightly lit.
Every day there seemed to be two completely parallel and non-intersecting groups on board.
One group goes out in the daytime, and the other are the night owls coming out only at night. These groups might not have even met throughout their days onboard.
Sun Dasheng had just finished his shower and was lying in bed when he suddenly heard a ’beep’.
The door opened.
Soon, a warm figure slid into his arms.
Sun Dasheng patted her hand away: "Have you washed?"
"What do you think?"
"I was asking if you’ve brushed your teeth?"
"Brushed my teeth? Why are you asking that?"
"You’ll find out soon."