ha.. finally back from Nz.
had a month of fun filled activities. only to end it with disappointing
there's nothing much to do in Ackland itself. visit Nz if your're e outdoor type..
those who are the shopping type sorry but there's nothing there..
the time spent in Nz was and interesting one. a large number of us(45th faocc) is actually involved be it as exercise troop, evaluators or safety officers. it's good to actually be able to gather together once again.
here's a grp photo of us outside the temple

the exercise itself is comes with a different apporach cuz most of the time we have been training in limited vegetation of singapore.. now there's vast empty land with only shrubs. the temperature itself is also a big different the highest temperature is like 15 deg the coldest we ever got is 4 deg. 4deg outfield is no joke plus wind chill factor and rain it went further down to around -5 deg.
there's longer daylight sunrise0530 sunset2100 so daily activities are quite long.
with little sleep due to long hours of de-breif sessions

view of the famous Mt in waiouru

the sunsets in Nz are usually quite beautiful =)