Croydon House Christchurch
63 Armagh Street Christchurch, Christchurch-Canterbury, South Island, 8001, New Zealand
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West meets east...
... home. My early flight back to Auckland resulted in the exchange of friendship tokens. Trophy reminders of my adventures with the wonderful people I have met on this holiday. Goodbyes are always bittersweet, life will bring kindred spirits back together. We are only ever separated by six degrees.
I now sit back in Auckland in the lovely home of a friend of a friend of a friend, sipping fine New Zealand wine. Retrospect is a fantastic thing, foresight all the more exciting. ...
Some thoughts on the way home
... show in a photo just how big they really are. The people were universally friendly and helpful. And the food was only one notch up from British.
I would encourage everyone to brace yourself for both the cost and the surprising difficulty of finding places to stay or eat without an itinerary. The problem is that you can't find what you want for what you are used to paying. There are certainly plenty of options; but ...
Touching down
... course and is run by Christine and Robbie two friendly and open people. The guesthouse is very well kept and you might be forgiven to think you are staying in a luxury hotel with ditto kitchen but the involved attitude of Robbie and specially Christine (how couldn't sit still for five minutes if she wanted to) would correct ...
Lake tekapo
We had two routes we could take to get to kiakoura, along the coast or through the lakes. We heard the route around the lakes had fabulous views of mount cook so decided to try it out. The road from dunedin to the lakes was a lovely flat one that was a dream to drive. It took about 3 hours to make it to our first stop twizel, a lakeside town that we stopped to get a bite to eat. We popped into the isite and decided that lake tekapo would be the best ...
Celebration in Christhurch & wedding in Wellington
... a local guide. We also had the opportunity to see, up close, a house that had been devistated by the earthquakes. A rock loosened by the earthquake came rolling down the hill behind his house and came straight through his roof! Thankfully no one was hurt but his house has been red stickered and they're not meant to return there but the owner was there avidly mowing the lawn! He was a friend of our guide which was why we got this unique opportunity. Got to love ...

