{"id":981,"date":"2011-02-04T05:20:00","date_gmt":"2011-02-03T21:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/hanim\/2011\/02\/04\/end-of-school-holiday-tour\/"},"modified":"2011-02-04T05:20:00","modified_gmt":"2011-02-03T21:20:00","slug":"end-of-school-holiday-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/hanim\/2011\/02\/04\/end-of-school-holiday-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"End of school holiday tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>We planned a trip to take a cruise on Chris Jolly by boat on fine Sunday morning at Lake Taupo. This plan was supposed to mark the end of the school holiday. Unfortunately, the trip was cancelled as the water in the lake was too high and the boat crew refused to take us on the trip for safety reason. <\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Because everyone in the group had already made countless trips to the Huka Falls, the Honey Hives, The Prawn Park and did all the usual stuff tourists normally did in Taupo, we decided to do something different.<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>So we made an ad-hoc plan which covered a trip to Ararapids Dam, the Taupo Bungy Jump, the kids&#8217; playground, the Best Kebab and finally Mc donalds.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Here are some shots from our trip.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>This is Ararapids Dam. Water is released from this dam into Huka Falls<a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_d0AmFmGZsfU\/TUsgJaGIWQI\/AAAAAAAAAms\/UCl-z0ZISiM\/s1600\/DSC_2585.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin:0px auto 10px;text-align:center;cursor:pointer;cursor:hand;width: 320px;height: 213px\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_d0AmFmGZsfU\/TUsgJaGIWQI\/AAAAAAAAAms\/UCl-z0ZISiM\/s320\/DSC_2585.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569580710169696514\" \/><\/a>Water from the Waikato River<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_d0AmFmGZsfU\/TUsgIwHj02I\/AAAAAAAAAmk\/CCVZxID8j9Y\/s1600\/DSC_2574.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin:0px auto 10px;text-align:center;cursor:pointer;cursor:hand;width: 320px;height: 213px\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_d0AmFmGZsfU\/TUsgIwHj02I\/AAAAAAAAAmk\/CCVZxID8j9Y\/s320\/DSC_2574.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569580698901402466\" \/><\/a>While enjoying the view, we filled up our starving tummies<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_d0AmFmGZsfU\/TUsgIvrQuKI\/AAAAAAAAAmc\/XsxnYkGX6Rc\/s1600\/DSC_2577.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin:0px auto 10px;text-align:center;cursor:pointer;cursor:hand;width: 320px;height: 213px\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_d0AmFmGZsfU\/TUsgIvrQuKI\/AAAAAAAAAmc\/XsxnYkGX6Rc\/s320\/DSC_2577.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569580698782709922\" \/><\/a>The kids with their hot mamas &amp; papas taking a train ride<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_d0AmFmGZsfU\/TUsgIZHhs2I\/AAAAAAAAAmU\/GmRIzwxr8Ww\/s1600\/DSC_2567.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin:0px auto 10px;text-align:center;cursor:pointer;cursor:hand;width: 320px;height: 213px\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_d0AmFmGZsfU\/TUsgIZHhs2I\/AAAAAAAAAmU\/GmRIzwxr8Ww\/s320\/DSC_2567.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569580692727247714\" \/><\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_d0AmFmGZsfU\/TUsgIHpOyaI\/AAAAAAAAAmM\/_cMVJFt51qc\/s1600\/DSC_2560.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin:0px auto 10px;text-align:center;cursor:pointer;cursor:hand;width: 320px;height: 213px\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_d0AmFmGZsfU\/TUsgIHpOyaI\/AAAAAAAAAmM\/_cMVJFt51qc\/s320\/DSC_2560.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569580688036776354\" \/><\/a>For lunch, we stopped at the Turkish Kebab store for some yummy lunch<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_d0AmFmGZsfU\/TUsfeTAMvvI\/AAAAAAAAAmE\/p_75pzlnqfc\/s1600\/DSC_2609.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin:0px auto 10px;text-align:center;cursor:pointer;cursor:hand;width: 400px;height: 266px\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_d0AmFmGZsfU\/TUsfeTAMvvI\/AAAAAAAAAmE\/p_75pzlnqfc\/s400\/DSC_2609.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569579969531395826\" \/><\/a>Hot mamas waiting for their orders<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_d0AmFmGZsfU\/TUsfeOLoKbI\/AAAAAAAAAl8\/U49mRiJj2Hk\/s1600\/DSC_2608.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin:0px auto 10px;text-align:center;cursor:pointer;cursor:hand;width: 266px;height: 400px\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_d0AmFmGZsfU\/TUsfeOLoKbI\/AAAAAAAAAl8\/U49mRiJj2Hk\/s400\/DSC_2608.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569579968237152690\" \/><\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_d0AmFmGZsfU\/TUsfdn2nhlI\/AAAAAAAAAl0\/Yw2bQHUdyoA\/s1600\/DSC_2607.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin:0px auto 10px;text-align:center;cursor:pointer;cursor:hand;width: 266px;height: 400px\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_d0AmFmGZsfU\/TUsfdn2nhlI\/AAAAAAAAAl0\/Yw2bQHUdyoA\/s400\/DSC_2607.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569579957948483154\" \/><\/a>This is one great activity, but we just people watched. No one dared to make this one jump.<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_d0AmFmGZsfU\/TUsfdazNu5I\/AAAAAAAAAls\/FwGyqIB2Yx4\/s1600\/DSC_2589.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin:0px auto 10px;text-align:center;cursor:pointer;cursor:hand;width: 400px;height: 266px\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_d0AmFmGZsfU\/TUsfdazNu5I\/AAAAAAAAAls\/FwGyqIB2Yx4\/s400\/DSC_2589.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569579954444549010\" \/><\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_d0AmFmGZsfU\/TUsfdIt-ewI\/AAAAAAAAAlk\/N0wmltOwDMQ\/s1600\/DSC_2588.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin:0px auto 10px;text-align:center;cursor:pointer;cursor:hand;width: 400px;height: 266px\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_d0AmFmGZsfU\/TUsfdIt-ewI\/AAAAAAAAAlk\/N0wmltOwDMQ\/s400\/DSC_2588.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569579949590739714\" \/><\/a>Our final stopover was the Mc Donalds. While the kids played, the adults had an afternoon snack in the plane.<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_d0AmFmGZsfU\/TUsev2_k-1I\/AAAAAAAAAlc\/S2EECNZ-_Z4\/s1600\/DSC_2632.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin:0px auto 10px;text-align:center;cursor:pointer;cursor:hand;width: 400px;height: 266px\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_d0AmFmGZsfU\/TUsev2_k-1I\/AAAAAAAAAlc\/S2EECNZ-_Z4\/s400\/DSC_2632.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569579171738614610\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><span><u><br \/><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n<p>The packed kebab from the Best Kebab&#8230;.devoured it at Mc Donalds<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_d0AmFmGZsfU\/TUseO5JKfhI\/AAAAAAAAAlM\/jEERzPoxh4M\/s1600\/DSC_2614.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin:0px auto 10px;text-align:center;cursor:pointer;cursor:hand;width: 400px;height: 267px\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_d0AmFmGZsfU\/TUseO5JKfhI\/AAAAAAAAAlM\/jEERzPoxh4M\/s400\/DSC_2614.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569578605380009490\" \/><\/a>Along treated us with Mocha coffee&#8230;Thanks son!<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_d0AmFmGZsfU\/TUseOr9JKOI\/AAAAAAAAAlE\/RY2sUT3RasQ\/s1600\/DSC_2624.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin:0px auto 10px;text-align:center;cursor:pointer;cursor:hand;width: 400px;height: 266px\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_d0AmFmGZsfU\/TUseOr9JKOI\/AAAAAAAAAlE\/RY2sUT3RasQ\/s400\/DSC_2624.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569578601839929570\" \/><\/a>The gang making a quick pose for the cameraman, my husband<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_d0AmFmGZsfU\/TUseOYrRQLI\/AAAAAAAAAk8\/lgLgfzQ2iLA\/s1600\/DSC_2619.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin:0px auto 10px;text-align:center;cursor:pointer;cursor:hand;width: 400px;height: 266px\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_d0AmFmGZsfU\/TUseOYrRQLI\/AAAAAAAAAk8\/lgLgfzQ2iLA\/s400\/DSC_2619.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569578596664688818\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><span><u><br \/><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We planned a trip to take a cruise on Chris Jolly by boat on fine Sunday morning at Lake Taupo. This plan was supposed to mark the end of the school holiday. Unfortunately, the trip was cancelled as the water in the lake was too high and the boat crew refused to take us on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":87,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-travel","category-my-clan","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/hanim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/981","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/hanim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/hanim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/hanim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/87"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/hanim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=981"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/hanim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/981\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/hanim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/hanim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/hanim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}