Remarkable Huka Falls + Sailing to Maori Rock Carvings in TAUPO | NZ Road Trip Vlog 3/3
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- In this final vlog from our latest NZ road trip, we made our way from Whanganui to Taupo. First stop after a long drive was naturally to get some food of course! :)
We ate at a Vietnamese restaurant in Taupo called Saigonese Eatery. Having not had any proper Asian food for a few days during our trip, we were delighted to come across Vietnamese cuisine. Lovely, friendly staff and tasty meals to warm our bellies for the day ahead.
Saigonese Eatery
Address: 2 Mansell Road, Nukuhau, Taupo 3377
Hours: Wed-Mon 11am-9pm
Closed Tuesdays
If you want to do the Huka Falls walk alongside the Waikato River bank, don't make the same mistake we did and make sure you take your right (instead of left) when you get to the Otumuheke Stream Spa Park. You can also enjoy a free soak in these warm geothermal mineral waters.
There are public changing rooms and toilets there as well as a coffee kiosk there too. For directions to this spot using Google Maps enter "Spa Thermal Park". It's a short walk down to Otumuheke Stream. When you go down to the stream, keep it on your left and the coffee kiosk on your right and you'll be on your way to Huka Falls.
If you want to skip the 90 min return walk and just get straight to the Huka Falls bridge which gives you an incredible up close view of the powerful falls, you'll need to get to "Huka Falls Carpark Access". Here you can park your car and you're only a few short meters away from the bridge and look out points over Huka Falls.
The carpark is off Huka Falls Road (which also has another great look out point on Huka Falls Loop Rd).
On our second day in Taupo we went sailing with Sail Barbary to see the Ngatoroirangi Mine Bay Maori Rock Carvings. Sail Barbary is New Zealand's only commercial electric yacht. Zero emissions, very quiet, no fumes and eco friendly. It was a great way to enjoy Lake Taupo and to see the Maori rock carvings which you can only reach by water.
If you're going in summer, after viewing the Maori rock carvings there's a chance for you to jump into the water for a swim if you're keen so bring some togs and a towel if you do!
We got our tickets through Bookme:
www.bookme.co.nz/things-to-do...
Our day ended at Waipahihi Botanic Garden which is a nice peaceful reserve in Taupo created from scratch by volunteers.
Waipahihi Botanical Reserve
Address: Cnr Hyde Avenue &, Shepherd Road, Waipahihi, Taupo 3330
Hours: Mon-Sun 8am-7:30pm
This Taupo vlog is the last of our 3 part New Zealand, January road trip! We hope you've enjoyed following us along on our NZ travels :)
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Awesome video guys! You guys are great at finding fantastic adventures. It was such a lovely surprise for my wife and I to get the shout out about me doing the Tongariro Alpine Crossing while we were Chromecasting your latest Vlogs to the TV. It was watching you guys do the Crossing that inspired me in the first place. We just got back on Saturday from our own North Island road trip to Auckland, Cambridge, Mount Maunganui, Matamata, Tirau, Putaruru, Te Puke, Gisborne, Wairoa, Napier, Hastings, Waipawa and Waipukurau. Keep living the dream Peter and Yen! :)
Wooah what an epic trip. Gonna need to Google a few of those places that we haven't been to before 😁👍 what did you guys think about the crossing? Enjoy the experience?
@@PeterandYen my friends Martin and Glen and I loved it ❤. I'd prepared by doing the Manawatu Gorge track from Ashhurst to Ballance and back (over 20km) almost every Saturday and lots of bodyweight training. It was sunny and hot and our hotel arranged the bus and lunches so we just had to focus on enjoying gorgeous Tongariro.
My wife and I had such a blast on our road trip, catching up with friends and family around the North Island 👍
Ah sounds so awesome family, friends and beautiful NZ summer. Dunno if things can get any better than that. Yen just mentioned that you guys have already talked about the crossing together. And actually now I do remember us talking about it. My memory isn't what it used to be 🤣 how is the Manuwatu Gorge track?
@@PeterandYen all good and always happy to talk about it 😃. The Manawatu Gorge is a lovely walk to go on, lots of hills and forest, passing the Apiti Wind Farm.
The weather on our road trip was generally spectacular, hot and sunny 🌞.
Definitely Had To Come Back And Watch The Video Again! Seriously "El Dorado" Vibes For Me And I LOVE It!!!
Thanks Nekoll 😁💕 That is a cool movie.. we should rewatch it again too coz don't remember it all that well anymore!
beef noodle soup looks nice hot pool looks good aha walk in the bush and er lost nice river there the right path looks better cool falls there nice boat to sail on wow nice views and those carvings are amazing been a great trip guys
*fully viewed your video👍Au👍left a big fat like*
It was an awesome way to wrap up the road trip 😁👍 thanks for watching Billy hope you enjoyed seeing all the stops too
Heeeeeey, Vietnamese noodles!!!! YUM! We miss that so much! looks incredibly tasty! 🍜🤤🤤🤤 Haha, wrong way! but sometimes wrong way leads to the right way in the end. 😉OMG the water flow is crazy! 😱 but beautiful at the same time. Love the light blue color😍Yaaaaaym sailing time! 7:30 movie poster! 😍 beautiful Yen!!! we really love this frame and color texture, which gives nostalgic feelings... superb!
Always great to come across Vietnamese food! Hope you guys can get your fix somehow guys 🤞 Thanks for the kind words 🥰 and yea NZ has so many shades of gorgeous blue waters! 💙💙🙂 We love them all!
Awesome video guys! Love your pronunciation of Te Reo Māori words! Look forward to more travel vlogs from the both of you.
Thanks Tuivalu! we do try our best with the Te Reo 😁👍
Omg the lookout point is already looking amazing! Just be honest, you guys want to workout, 2 hours no problem for you guys, Peter seems happy hahaha! 4:14 that's so cool!! The crystal blue water is amazing, never seen such blue water in my life! I need to save up to travel NZ for a year lol!!
Hahaha you guys should totally come here for a year! That would be epic 😁💙💙 yea we love that NZ has all shades of gorgeous blue water! Soo pretty 😍
Wow. That was Beautiful guys,Good location to go visit, It's good to see you are safe,Thank you for the vlog......🙏🙏🙏
Taupo is 💯 a must visit location in the north island 🏝 such a cool area. Thanks for watching enjoy your Sunday evening 😁
Nice sailing guys! seems like the weather is great too for sailing around, pretty calm!
Beautiful day for it that's for sure 👍
The color of that water looks freaking phenomenal!!!!
Soo cool ay 😁💙
Taupo is awesome esp the huka falls ...so beautiful 😍 💖
Yeaaah definitely a great place to visit 😊
You ended off this road trip with a bang! Definitely a great day and see why you say why New Zealand summers are hard to beat
Thanks heaps guys! 💕💕🥰👋
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😁❤ thank you both ✌
Whoaaaaa a sailboat!!! So fancy!!! Love the B-rolls, what a view!! It's been an amazing series guys! Peter rolling out while Yen is like, yup very normal to me haha!!
Thanks heaps guys! 😁💙 The sailing was such great value too 👍 hahaha yea Peter and his roly polys 😂😂😂 might as well keep doing them while he can 🤸♂️🤸♂️
As always, amazing vlog guys!!! Beautifully done!
Thank you glad you enjoyed the video 😊✌
Looking good in the TNZ gear there Peter. Ever been to the Aratiatia dam near Taupo? Awesome experience when they open the dam gates.
Thanks Steve! Can't wait for March for the races to start. Looking forward to going down to the viaduct and watching the races 😁 haven't been to Aratiatia looks so cool! Thanks for the recommendation
Beautiful Taupo! 😀 great video folks! Never miss your vlogs. Full of energy, enthusiasm and lots to see! 😁😇
Thank you so much Germaine!! ❤️❤️❤️ Always appreciate your support 😊 hope you're having an awesome week!
Hey Peter and Yen! Love the places you're going to visit today. Great food stop.. that beef soup looks bomb! Not a bad price for your dishes. The river and falls are so beautiful, and fun to watch the people going down the river! We love how blue the water color is.
Thanks girls! Us too.. the blues are soo pretty 💙😍
Truly awesome road trip! Looking forward to being able to do it one day! Thanks for showing the beauty of NZ in each video
We hope you guys can one day too 🤞❤️🙂
I love how you guys always have a interesting journey to somewhere lol! Thanks for the heads up on Huka Falls. Hehehhehe.
Hahahaha the walk though its hot in summer was still really nice... but yeah rafting down the lake then driving up the carpark is prolly the smarter option 🤣
Its always awesome to watch your travel diary and know new things about New Zealand. Nice one mates and thanks for showing us a beautiful New Zealand🤙🏾🤙🏾
Thank you Anil 🙂 We try our best to showcase this beautiful country! Glad you enjoyed the video 🥰👍
Your sailing day looks so peaceful and relaxing, but lots of people on the boat. Those carving are amazing! Thanks for taking us with you and fun adventure!! Love you guys to the moon! 💖😘🌛
It was a great day out on the water! Even with all the people it didn't feel crowded or anything 🙂 the carvings were awesome.. definitely a master carver 🪨⚒️😁👍
Great post guys,and coincidentally,I've been binge watching a lot of posts in the last few days about Huka Falls,and NOW ! Amazing how the colour of the mighty Waikato River looks so awesome at Huka Falls,but by the end at Port Waikato,it's a typical muddy brown - not surprising considering the territory it rolls through,and it's the very river I grew up on. Again,great post and argghhhh - those noodles looked the best,made me hungry. Not sure if you guys live in Karaka Lakes, (sure I saw you down by the lake on one video) but if any of your services go out,e.g. telecom,power,water,gas,it may be us,as we're doing the fibre around there.
😁 the color of the water is unreal so blue 💙 reminds us of the blue springs. Hahaha yeah we've been to Port Waikato a couple of times and yup definitely a different color. Sometimes we're out in karaka but it's to visit my parents 😁
Love the color of that water! So beautiful, guys!
Gorgeous ay! NZ waters are so pretty 🥰💙 so many different shades of blue!
You both walk so fast, great channel and amazing vlog, thanks Sweethearts for sharing
😂 making up lost time for getting lost, thanks for watching glad you enjoyed the vlog
Huka falls looked amazing! At least we know which path to take now. We all make mistakes and we all learn from them. Great video as always :)
Hahahaha we make these kinds of wrong turns all the time it's part of the adventure now 😅👌🌿
Beautiful trip you guys 😍😎💖✨
It was an awesome road trip thanks for watching ❤
That beef noodle 🍜 soup looks amazing
Haven’t been to those falls in ages! Summer Is looking dope back home! Enjoying the edits Pete...
Cheers Tony 😁 Def hard to beat a kiwi summer ay 🇳🇿👍
Loved love loved this episode. I really wanna go on that cruise. Also, I really like how you guys are using different camera angles, and filters, etc. Really giving the videos a great look!
Thanks Nayokenza! Hope you enjoyed the carvings 😉👍 cheers for noticing all our edits and camera work 😁🙌 We're trying to improve bit by bit!
We just did that this weekend viewing the Maori Carving on the sailing boot was amazing and we went down the river before Huka Falls on the inflatables. What a beautiful place Taupo is. Thanks for sharing your adventures. I always enjoy it!
The Maori carving is awesome, looking forward to coming back and seeing it fully finished one day. Thank you for watching the vlog so jelly you went down in the inflatables that looks like a blast
Beautiful video guys.
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it 😁👍
Loove that yellow submarine! You guys did an amazing job showing us all about that Airbnb in the previous video.
I am cooking today beef stew, and between the smell here and your video I am totally salivating, and Lieles doesn't stop yelling nooodles!!! hahahah
Hahaha I can picture that 😂🙌🍜 thanks Maria! Peter took some awesome drone shots for the submarine 👍🙂
Love the way you edited the sailing shots! Really captured those chill vibes
Thanks Greg 😁 teamwork from us on those ones 🙌😊✌️ Peter got the brolls and did the sequence and I did the edits 😊
Great day out guys. Love those spots you visited. I’ve only ever parked at Huka Falls. You sure did take the scenic route (plus some 😂). Looked like a lovely walk. Thomas 😀
Hahaha the bonus route added so much time on that walk 😅 we powered on to the falls on the happy thought that by the time we got back to the Cafe we could treat ourselves to an ice cold drink then the Cafe was closed too 🤣 vlog life...
My husband and I were on that same boat last winter and we couldn't enjoy it as much because we were frozen cold and the waves were thrashing us around. 😂 and on top of that, Level 2 lockdown happened two days later. 😂 It was good trip though.
O my gosh... yeah taupo in winter is so cold and windy 😅 definitely sounds like a very memorable trip though
Souper exciting yummy noodle Soup !.😂. Those carvings are cool huh !. Weather looked too nice not to swim...no sharks in Lake Taupo Yen 🥰😛😆.
Hahaha yeah but yen's scared of fish 🐟 too 😂 the carvings were awesome want to come back when they are 100% complete. The vietnamese beef noodles 🍜 are legit 👌
Wow looks like you guys has a great time overall!! The rock carvings are super cool! And gotta agree with Peter, love the submarine Airbnb 👌 whenever I travel I always look for unique places to stay and you guys definitely found a super special place.
Man all these videos, how is New Zealand so beautiful 🤯
Thanks Jordie 😁 💯 interesting airbnbs are the best! Hahaha yeah New Zealand is awesome 👌
hi .peter and yen, oh that brought back some memories. the boat trip to the carvings i did on the converted paddle steamer that you just caught a glimpse of before you got on your yacht , as i said last week i was a little let down coz i kinda thought that they were really old but alas were not but still ok and the boat ride was fun . and yes i loved haka falls as well, my god that weather looks amazing ,its so cold here in the u.k. at the moment, had my covid jab last week so a flicker of light at the end of this long and gloomy tunnel. loved the vid as usual its my ray of sunshine to brighten my week, looking forward to whatever dose of video medicine that i receive next week ha ha. you both take care ,and keep smiling xx
Hiya Barry 🙂👋 oh yay! Glad to hear you got your vaccine jab already 👍 is that your second one now? Hehe yea the carvings are not that old, but a great piece of artwork paying respect to a very old ancestor of the artist 🙂💕 hope you're keeping warm and safe ❤️🙂👋 next week is a lil different video... Hope you'll enjoy it though 😁
Wow been watching and following your videos, looks like there's so many places to visit in every stops! so good and the water looks clear blue. We actually tried the similar boat jet ride here in Sydney and yeah it's super duper fast! haha get ready to get super wet lol.
Totally New Zealand is awesome 👌 so many random gems all over the place.
Legendary !!! 🔥🔥🔥
Cheers bro 👌 glad you enjoyed the Taupo vlog 👍
Great vlog - making notes, when I can travel again, I'm hoping to travel to NZ (originally in 2020 for my 50th B'day) and would love to visit Huka Falls, maybe Sky-Diving in Taupo and possibly do the sailing too - You guys make these trips so fun & adventurous, so people of all ages can do them & enjoy as well - Thank you xo
Aw that would be such an epic trip with loads of adventures Catherine! Hopefully you can make it this year or the next 🤞🤞💕🇳🇿 glad you enjoy our videos! Thanks for always watching and supporting ❤️❤️
Love boat roads!
But yeah, hold the hat!!! Soooooo beautiful guys! This is amazing
Hahaha I bought that hat on the trip so definitely didn't wanna lose my new hat to the wind! 🤣👒
Love everytime you eat something good, you always say "hit the spot" 😁
Ah can hear different type of background music for Huka Falls Road visit. A little of salsa there, making me want to dance 💃 haha.
The water is so beautiful!! So blueeee! Only can be found in NZ I think.
Hahaha yea or when we're real hungry too! We were wondering if other countries have such kind of blue waters! It's really gorgeous 💙💙💙🥰
Beautiful video ❤️
Thank you 👍
so fun trip
It was an awesome trip thanks for watching 👍
Another great video guys, thank you.
I'd recommend the hot stream the next time you visit, although it can get very busy, so you need to pick your times carefully.
And I kayaked out to the Maori rock carvings with a friend, although the weather wasn't as kind the day I was there 🌊
Thank you for watching Rob 😁❤ yeah definitely want to take a soak in the hot stream will needa come back during autumn 🍂 ooooo kayaking out to see the carvings sounds awesome even with the waves 😂
@@PeterandYen returning in the autumn is a good plan.
Yup, I'd definitely recommend picking a calmer day for kayaking. There were times my friend and I couldn't see one another due to the waves!
O my gosh 🤣 sounds like an excellent memory and story to tell.
@@PeterandYen it really was, and a good bonding experience 🙂
great vid
Cheers Dwain 👍😁
Vietnamese Beef Noodles soup to start the day - yums!! Noodles + Soup + Salty is a combo for Yen 😆
😁🙌🙌 best way to kick off the day hahah
Huka fall is one of the popular place in Taupo.I went three times with my family.Also around lake is quite good for spending time with family and friends it is amazing place for summer holiday.From Takapuna
Totally is! Definitely a great summer holiday destination 😊👍
superb Mouri pronunciations (my attempts aren't great!). Brilliant series. Thank you :)
Thanks Tom! I do struggle with them as well, sometimes it takes me quite a few practice trys, but lucky yen is quite good at languages 😁👍
How cool is that carving?? Amazing detail!
So cool ay! Definitely a master carver! 🙂🪨⚒️
We always bring instant noodles along with us whenever we go on holiday or a trip! Keeps those Asian food cravings at bay 😂
Hahaha such a good idea!! 😆👍 I had some with us too but it's so much nicer to have someone's yummy cooking lolol 😋
😃amazing sychronicity here Yen & Peter.....whenever we leave our yellow sub to travel to Taupo,our first stop there is Saigonese Eatery at Nukuhau shopping centre 👍
🤣 nooo way what a coincidence! Do you have a favorite dish there Keith? Don't tell me it's the beef noodle too?
@@PeterandYen 😀yes!...beef noodles for me,Jen does the chicken & shrimp crepe
Yum!! Sounds so good 😋 Guess what guys? We found a pirate ship to stay in here in Auckland so that's our accommodation for tonight 😆👍 it's also a tiny home ❤️
I think this is the first time I hear someone say "thankfully we ran into a stranger" hahahah
Keep walking guys! Oh no, that looks tricky if you are not paying full attention. But happy you found the right route and the best is that you ate before hand.
Hahaha yes! Thank goodness we had our bellies full for that walk.. imagine being hungry on top of it all @.@ lolol it was lucky we ran into that stranger 😂😂 might've kept walking and ended up at the bungee place where Peter did his jump the last time we were in Taupo 🤣🤣
4 days without Asian food?? You guys are much tougher than me... I wilt at about 4 hours. Huka falls is amazing... the color is absolutely beautiful. Thanks for sharing and stay safe in your travels 🇳🇿 🇳🇿🇳🇿
Hahaha the struggle is real 🤣 Thanks Hans! Yea such a pretty blue ay. I love that in NZ you have all these different gorgeous shades of blue waters.. Just so dang pretty 😍💙 Hope you're well! Are you still in Thailand at the moment? 🙂 Can't wait to see what you've been up to!
@@PeterandYen yes, the blue was absolutely amazing! Still in Thailand. Wasn’t easy getting here so plan to stay for a bit 😁🇹🇭
Jelly of all the amazing food you get to eat!! 😋😍
@@PeterandYen I usually stick to the food of whatever country I go to, but since traveling is so restrictive right now, I find myself satisfying random Asian food cravings... like last night I ate kaya toast for dinner😆
Omg that sounds amazing hahaha I hope you buttered it up on top too 😁❤️
The name of that bay is a mouthful. Haha Beef noodle soup sounds good right about now with this cold. That public pool is pretty badass, especially with that scenery. Did you guys get lost again? Hahaha Nice shirt, Peter. Chilling on a boat is always the way to vacation. Those carvings are so beautiful.
Haha yes it was a mouthful 😆 most people just call it the Maori rock carvings 😁 Peter's beef noodle soup was so good! I had food envy lol 🤣 bahahaha yes we did.. we've got the worst sense of direction seriously 😆😆
Starting the day off right with noodles!
Best way to start the day 😁 in Malaysia it's my fave way 😆👍
It's so cold in the UK now! I'm so jealous of your weather 😭😭
Aww no hope you're keeping warm guys!! 💕 Can imagine it being freezing and polar opposite of here right now!
Haha we've done the same thing so many times where we went in the wrong direction! We did it once in Langkawi trying to get to a restaurant in a huge resort and ended up doing a giant circle around the whole complex 😂😂
Oh nooo hahaha must've been like us when you saw how close you were initially ay 😆 hope you got some good scenic views in though! 🤣👍
Amazing video Peter and yen. We like watching your video weekly. We’re in the bakery next to the Vietnamese restaurant. Would be great if we could say hi
Yo Kevin next time we're in taupo we'll definitely drop by and say hi 😁👌 thanks for watching our videos every week 👍
Rangatira bakery right?
Yes, I’m Natalie. Kevin is my husband. We usually watch ur video together. Can’t wait to see the new one next week. We’d love to see u guys in person
Cheers Natalie and Kevin we appreciate your support! Hopefully catch you guys in Taupo next time and hope you enjoy this weekend's video we did a snacks one haha 😁👍
You guys need to make a video about where to find the best Asian eats across NZ for road tripping 🙌🏼 That food looks yummm! Huka falls 😍 The spa thermal park is cool also. Love how you can still swim in NZ even during winter because of all the thermal parks there. Oh cool! I wanna go down the river in a floatie too 🙌🏼. Yeah I was gonna say last time I visited I just drove to the carpark 😂 But I like how you guys did the nice nature walk too for something different. Beautiful rock carving. Nice! You can go for a lil swim too. NZ summers are pretty awesome! Great vid as always guys. You do a lovely job of representing New Zealand 🇳🇿😊
Hahaha we're just so glad we can even get Asian food in other parts of the country 😆 had going without it (so no idea what we're gonna do when we eventually go to like Europe lol). Asian food in North Island is better than South Island too I reckon but then again we haven't done all the South Island yet!
Yea the floaties looked like such fun ay! I'd be paranoid about getting swept down too far down the river though but everyone seemed like they knew what they were doing 🤣
Yesss oh my goodness 🤦🏻♀️ could've saved ourselves all that walking time hahaha 🤣 but yea it was pretty to see the river up close anyways! Apparently we're not the only ones who have made that mistake either so hopefully they put better signs up next time 😅
Thanks for all the nice comments Lana and for binging our videos!! Hope you guys have a great time in North Macedonia ❤️🙂👋
@@PeterandYen Yes Asian food is so good, you guys always seem to find the best spots, I’m sure in Europe you’d find some too just depends which country or cities you visit. Where I am now there’s none haha 😂
Oh cool, yes they looked like pros 😆 Yeah sometimes it’s nice to do the scenic walks anyways 😊
Yes love your guys vids! Gives me a slice of home from afar 😊 Been recommending your channel to friends and family back home 🙌🏼
Aww thank you so much Lana ❤️❤️❤️ Hope your friends and family enjoy the videos too 😊 Really appreciate you sharing/recommending our videos ❤️❤️❤️
Btw man that's rough no Asian food in the city you're in lolol can you get like ramen or instant noodles at least? 🤣
@@PeterandYen Yes of course!
And haha I know! Yes I’ve been buying some instant noodles here and making my own versions of Asian food at home so lucky for that at least 😂
11 sec to fill an olympic swimming pool 🏊♂️ 🤭, geez thats fast
Pretty insane ay! So quick 🌊
Awesome eco sailing!
Next time need to bring your swimsuit too guys so you can jump into the water like that guy. Must be super awesome!
Haha there were a couple of people who jumped in! We just weren't keen to be wet since we wanted to have dinner straight after as well 😂 priorities hahaha
It seems when you go out to the countryside there is a lot of vietnamese food spots in New Zealand - just from all your nz vlogs so far haha
Hahaha we seek them out but yea it is lucky that in other cities and towns around NZ we can still get Asian food and Vietnamese in particular! 😁🙌
Awesome video guys
Where are you guys from?
I love your pronunciation of maori words
You guys pronounce it better than some of my whanau
Hey Rix thank you. Yen was born in Malaysia and I was born in China but we both grew up in New Zealand 🇳🇿 🤙
I went tô the huka fulls 30 years ago , long time ago, ahahaha
Wow 30 years ago 😯 hope it brought back some nice memories 🥰
What camera and drone do you used in your travels? love your videos.
Thanks Christine! Our main vlogging camera is the Fuji XT4 and we have the DJI mavic pro platinum 🙂
Wonderful vlog series! You two look like such likeable explorers! Do you mind if I ask, what camera gear do you use for these travel series?
Thanks so much 😊 Glad you enjoyed the vlogs! We use Fuji XT4 as our main vlogging camera with the Rhode video mic pro. We also have a GoPro hero 6 which we sometimes use too and a Dji Mavic pro platinum drone 🙂 oh and also the Peak Design tripod which is a really awesome piece of equipment 👍
@@PeterandYen no wonder you get such a professional look! Thanks for the reply
Thank you! 😁✌️ We try our best! 💕
Lol I thought you had deliberately chosen the walk (over the 5 mins from the carpark)....🙊😂
Bahahaha yea nah we kinda just totally noobed out on that 🤣🤣 honestly had no idea there was a carpark right next to it lol 😆 hopefully others can learn from our mistake now though 😂
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I thought trying to do the walk in under the specified time while vlogging was a big ask to begin with. I've never been able to beat the recommended time while filming. 🤣
😂 the video will be as long as it needs to be to tell the story 👍
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Electric is the best for yachts! I can't understand how sailors put up with the horrible smell and the smoke of those archaic diesel engines in 'luxury' yachts.
Beautiful rock carvings!
Question: when you say it is "a very hot day", how many degrees are you talking?
(just checking if my internal thermostat would be able to cope ;) )
Never been on a luxury yacht but that doesn't sound pleasant at all! 😅 Hmm I think it was around 27 or 28 degrees that day but the thing is the NZ sun is very burning! So easy to get sun burnt here if you're not careful. So yea that on top of the walk and not having water on us was too hot to handle 😅🥵
@@PeterandYen You're apologising for complaining about the heat? I'm the very first to start nagging when it gets warm. 28 degrees is more or less my tolerance limit. Which was quite annoying last summer when we were struck with a heat wave with temperatures far into the 30's for 3 frigging weeks :(
But I'm happy you consider 28 degrees as a hot day. That means your climate is very temperate compared to our 'new normal'.
Aww yikes that sounds hot! Is it easy to get sunburnt there too? In Asia it's really hot and humid but you don't burn like here in NZ.. today we randomly had a cold and wet day 😅 completely un-summery! My mate was in Queenstown last month and said it was beautifully sunny one day then the next they woke up to snow 😅❄️
@@PeterandYen I remember getting sunburnt really fast when I was in NZ. Apparently the ozone layer that reflects harmful UV rays is at its thinnest over NZ. Lots of skin cancers in NZ, too I hear.
We don't get sunburnt as easily here in Europe, but we still have to apply sunscreen when going out, of course. It will take much longer before you get burnt, but if you're careless, you will end up just as red and sore ;)
Snow in summer, what a dream! We're going through a snow spell, too, at the moment, with freezing temperatures day and night (we go as far as -11°C this week at night but the days are reasonable at -2 to -3), but that is rather rare over here. Our previous real cold spell was in 2012.
And as for Asia: yeah, I avoid going there. I have been on a business trip to Thailand once and it absolutely destroyed me ;) Just to be clear: nothing against Asia, but those hot and humid places are not my cup of tea.
Yea that's right, thin ozone layer here so it's so easy to get burnt and skin cancer is common too. I'm actually at the clinic right now waiting for my friend to get a mole cut out @.@
Man that sounds way too cold for us hahaha we definitely prefer heat over cold! Our initial plan was to always avoid winter by being overseas but so far that hasn't really panned out lol 😆 Thankfully North Island winters here aren't too bad and extremely rarely snows in Auckland!
40 dollar is hella decent price for a sailing experience
Ikr! Awesome value 👍👍🙂⛵
0:50 A bit of an irritation many people have can be seen here where the transmission lines distract from the mountain view when driving along the Desert Road. Why they didn't put them on the other side of the road to afford clear unspoilt views remains a mystery, or more likely, a huge planning error.
😅 yeah actually yen and I both made the same comment while we were driving too. Maybe one day they can do something about them such a shame.
Who usually eats more, Peter or Yen? 🍜🍜🍜
😂😂 Peter by 2x and 3x faster speed. Though sometimes when yen finds something she really enjoys eating she can surprise me 😅
@@PeterandYen I love to watch what you folks order too! Such a vast variety of special delicacies in different places! Makes me hungry 😂😂.
Hahaha we tend to go a lot for Asian food though coz it's what we crave! But yea there's quite a variety of cuisines especially in Auckland 😁👍
I am Brazilian
Do you live in Brazil 🇧🇷 or in New Zealand 🇳🇿 now Lucelia?
@@PeterandYen i live in Brazil
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Where are you from yen? You’re a very exotic looking Asian chick!? Haha
Hahah thanks Loowie 😆 I was born in Malaysia and grew up in NZ 😁✌️ parents are both Malaysian Chinese 💕