International Antarctic Center Christchurch

Aujourd'hui j'etais un peu en manque d'activites a faire... J'en ai parle a mon "coloc" londonnien, un petit endroit, Lyttelton, tres apprecie des habitants de Christchurch et dont tous les guides parlent, est en fait, une ville fantome. Ce n'est pas le premier a me le dire, j'ai donc abandonne... Finalement, il n'y a pas seulement Chc qui a ete …

Arrived in Christchurch early in the afternoon and many of the naughty Drop Bears went to sleep in their new beds. Us others went for a walk around the shops and tried to find somewhere to watch the AFL Grand final. Eventually found a bar who let us watch it - much to their amusement - and we stayed there for more entertainment and to watch another …

Today's weather:
Warm & sunny (though not so the case in the Antarctic Storm Room)

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The main feature of today was our visit to the International Antarctic Centre (opposite Christchurch International Airport). Apart from being a tourist attraction, this centre is the "jumping off point" for the NZ, US and Italian …

Finally after enduring the 9hr flight, greetings from new Zealand!

Welcome to the land of kiwis. :) Tired cos all of us didn't hv a good sleep on the plane.

Went to the Antartica centre. Had a feel of the Antarctica storm. Cold....

Weather here is 8 degrees. So cold!!! LOL...

Went to the Willowbank Widlife …

Rachael had suggested that we visited the Antarctic Centre whilst in Christchurch so we caught the 'Penguin Shuttle Bus' out to the centre. Whilst there we got to go on Hagglund's round an assault course which included going down steep slopes, over ravines and floating through water.

They are apparently meant to be able to float for up to …

Arrived in Christchurch today and headed in to town, to be honest for a little earthquake tourism.

Initially there was little specific evidence, but as we headed towards what should have been a bustling city, the roads were very quiet. We spotted a few damaged walls the closer we got and roads started to become uneven and rucked (a bit …

Woke up at 7:00aM, yet again ;-) - Surprising, how we managed to maintain that routine over the last week and a half, considering we wanted this trip to be the routine breaker!!!). - Somehow, I don't think our bodies have quite gotten over the jet lag! - We manage to sleep very well till 9:00 in the morning most Sundays back home in Bangalore! - …

... , it's been sprinkling rain here all day. Not pouring though, so we can't complain. We decided not to go to the International Antarctic Centre after all. We already went to an ice bar, and this was mainly promoting the indoor snow, etc, which we've seen ...

... together about Antarctica.  Christchurch is the launching point for all scientific Antarctic expeditions and the International Antarctic Center is located there.  They had an entire exhibit dedicated to the discovery and history of Antarctica. ...

... hard considering our 1230 wake up yesterday), and we spent probably half an hour debating about checking out the International Antarctic Centre. It's apparently one of New Zealands top attractions, so we are tempted to check it out. But they seem to be ...

... the group ever-decreasing as people headed home. We sampled the delights of a drive to Akaroa in the rain, the excellent International Antarctic Centre out by the airport, a visit to Nando's which is out in the suburbs but is great, and the obligatory ...

... lands. It can be seen in the Canterbury Museum, which even contains a full Sno-Cat, and above all in the International Antarctic Centre, where there is a museum and the support bases of numerous countries. So I went to the two museums, Canterbury showing ...

... buy the $15 adult/$10 child pass that is valid for 24 hours and allows you to travel to the Tram, International Antarctic Centre and Willowbank Wildlife Reserve (entry to attaction is extra). Adult / Child/ Family $19 / $8/45 Christchurch Tram ...

... !) so they cancelled the dolphin wimming. So we had a great pizza lunch then drove back to Christchurch and went to the International Antarctic Centre. New Zealand, Italy, and the United States all have antarctic centers in Christchurch and there is a ...

... a rule. Sunday was Easter but many of the tourist's attractions were open. We started the day at the International Antarctic Centre. Although, it had some interesting films and exhibits on NZ's (and US's) involvement in Antarctica, it wasn't really ...

... links Christchurch Activities http://www.christchurch.org.nz/Activities/ http://www.ccc.govt.nz/christchurch/ http://www.visitchristchurchnow.co.nz/visitchch/ International Antarctic Centre 9:00am till 7:00pm ADULT $20 / CHILD $10 ...

... is the staging area for the Antarctic. One can experience the area by visiting one of the premier New Zealand attractions the International Antarctic Centre located by the Airport. The number one Antarctic attraction in the world. Only a few minutes ...