++ a silence i can't ignore ++: ++North New Zealand

NEW ZEALAND is so far the most expensive country i've been to.
but the most beautiful and peaceful and safe one.
overall, i burnt around RM8k

we were among the lucky ones who were early enough to get AAX flight tix for KUL-AUCKLAND-KUL for MYR998 only. yeah baby! less than 1k baby! (wtf with baby?)

we've been eyeing the ticket prices since last year, since before AA announced they re gonna fly to auckland, new zealand.
all we got was around MYR3k, MAS offered 3200 the lowest, emirates too.
i was this close to buy a jetstar flight ticket because they offered less than 3k.
tapiiiii, tetibe AA announced their new destination, and boy were we excited.
we bought at 12midnite the day it launched. fuh!

but ofcourse, it was without all the food & luggages,
so, after adding up the insurance, food for each legs, luggages,
mine went to MYR1684 (still cheapest among all the planes)

and for the whole journey, we drove & slept (mostly) in the motorhome, and the rental (+insurance) price for that fella is RM1385 perperson for the whole 13nights (1st night we checked into a motel).
the total is 15days 14nights, motorhome rental is for 14days 13nights.
we have 4nights checked into hotel/motel/hostel, and another 10nights sleeping in the motorhome.
and, for those who doesnt know, u have to charge the motorhome at the holiday park every 2 nites (but we charged it every night), so we have around 10nights checking in at a holiday park for charging (and also for showers, sometimes doing laundry, toilets, wifi). and it is not free. it cost around NZD20 per head per night.

listed below are all of the places we slept at.
category hotel/motels are the normal sleeping in a hotel/motel bed.
category 'holiday park' was when we park at the campsite, charge the motorhome, and sleep/cook inside it.
we checked into a motel/hotel/hostel on the 1st night & at rotorua (because they marathoners need to have a good rest before and after their marathon), & on the last night at auckland (for packing up stuff).
The total is NZD1414 (NZD282.80 per person)

DAY	CATEGORY	Hotel/Holiday Park	Total Price (NZD) (for 5person)
DAY0	HOTEL/MOTEL	Airport Gold Star Motel	175
DAY1	HOLIDAY PARK	Waitangi Holiday Park	100
DAY2	HOLIDAY PARK	Camp Waipu Cove	100
DAY3	HOLIDAY PARK	Hamilton City Holiday Park	94
DAY4	HOLIDAY PARK	Opal Hot springs Family Park	100
DAY5	HOLIDAY PARK	Cosy Cottage Thermal Holiday Park	106
DAY6	HOTEL/MOTEL	Four Canoes Hostel	84
DAY7	HOTEL/MOTEL	Four Canoes Hostel	84
DAY8	HOLIDAY PARK	Awastone	68
DAY9	HOLIDAY PARK	Featherston Motel & Camping	35
DAY10	HOLIDAY PARK	Himatangi Beach Holiday Park	93
DAY11	HOLIDAY PARK	Whakapapa Holiday Park	105
DAY12	HOLIDAY PARK	Opal Hot springs Family Park X 2	100
DAY13	HOTEL/MOTEL	Avalon Motel	170

now let's move to the activities.

most activities, for me, is very expensive. but it is such a waste if we already there but didnt do the top must dos kan?

the top must do thing is to visit the hobbiton movie set (and also LOTR), yaknow, those hobbits home yg berpintu bulat tu. and it is priced at NZD79 perperson, but MMTK (ketua kumpulan as usual) booked it for a package together with the glowworm caves & also te puia maori village tour & halal buffet dinner for NZD294.

quite cheap because the glowworm caves alone is priced at nzd75 & te puia + dinner + maori is NZD153.

and, other activities are listed below:

Activity	ACTUAL IN NZD
Wairere Boulders	15.00
Ruakuri Cave (2hr tour)	294.00
Waitomo Glowworm Caves (45min tour)
Hobbiton Movie Set (2hr tour)
Te Puia + Dinner @ Maori Village
Wai-O-Tapu Thermal Wonderland	32.50
The Buried Village	32.50
ROTORUA SKYLINE Gondola & 3XLUGE RIDES	49.00
Parasailing at Lake Taupo	85.00
Taupo Bungee (WARRIE SORG JE)	109.00
Craters of the Moon	8.00
Wellington Cable Car (RETURN)	7.50
Skytower AUCKLAND	28.00

i've made a summary of all the damages done below.

The exchange rate were around NZD1=MYR2.80 the week we departed. (AB bought it at MM for 2.725 at first for me, and the next day he got it for 2.75 and then the next day i got for 2.77 rasenye, mmtk got it for 2.78 at summit, warrie got it for 2.74).

food & beverages are mostly for lunches & some coffee breaks.

we cook our dinner almost everyday. each one of us must bring 1 big can of sardines + 1 big can of another lauk (chicken curry or rendang or anything) from malaysia. dinners were rice with sardin / lauk lain with telur dadar with salad everyday :D. nak jimat punya pasal kan. nasebaik MMTK & me brought sambal chili delimas. sungguh sedap dimakan dgn nasi panas.

rice and egg can easily be bought at their pak & save or countdown (something like tesco/giant).

we bought groceries for breakfast too, mostly bread with nutella and butter and peanut butter and cheese or sometimes cereal with milk, up to everyone's likes.

in total, we bought around NZD262 (53perperson) worth of groceries. (mmg byk x abis especially the rice, we bought 10kg rice, tamakla katakan. mmg x abis ahahahhahahha)

i think i might forgot some not so crucial expenditure, but this is the closest, i think.

(ralat, the cost below doesnt include all the simcards, wifi allowance, topup credit that we bought, it was around NZD50 total)

PRICE PER HEAD	ACTUAL IN NZD	ACTUAL IN MYR
FLIGHT	601.43	1,684.00
MOTORHOME (14DAYS)	494.64	1,385.00
ACCOMMODATION (4hotels & 10campsites)	282.80	791.84
ACTIVITY / ENTRANCE	612.90	1,716.12
FOOD N BEVERAGES	155.53	435.48
PARKING	18.56	51.97
TRANSPORTATION	5.20	14.56
PETROL	75.16	210.46
GROCERIES	52.43	146.79
SHOPPING	343.55	961.94
Grand Total	2,642.20	7,398.16