Christchurch Bed and Breakfasts - Reviews and Rates

Woke up to a grey nast sky and it pretty much stayed like that all day. Packed up camp for the last time. Headed straight into Christchurch and had a look at Vagabonds back packers. Really nice and cheap so we took it. Went into town and stopped off at a camera shop, should have it fixed by tomorrow! Used some internet at the library and wandere...

After another top recommendation from the lady at the B&B I drove out of Christchurch via Baldwin Street – officially the steepest street in the world although apparently there is a street in Pittsburgh which may be a challenger! I drove both up and down the street just for fun before heading out on the old road North which has much be...

I got up at 6:00 am this morning for a day trip to Milford Sound on the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand. I had arranged to fly on Air New Zealand to Queenstown on an early flight. The plan was to catch a sightseeing plane in Queenstown and fly to Milford Sound's airstrip, where I would take a couple hour boat tour of Milford Sound....

So South Africa came to an end. We drove nearly 7000km in the month we were there. 80kms from the airport we cracked our windscreen. Bugger, so close. Luckily no excess meant just a little administration fee. Then it was on to Sydney for just a 3 night stop to visit friends. Unfortunately the weather seemed to take a turn for the worse and our a...

Cannot really say much about Christchurch - it was raining when we arrived three weeks ago and it was windy and overcast when we left having waived a fond farewell to Carole and made our way to the airport for our flight of one hour and five minutes to Auckland.We did see the owner of the Hotel So at the airport with a mock up of one of their ho...

And tomorrow I will be back at Auckland, and I will be roomies with Val again! But first, here and now. I am back where Internet prices are not exorbitant as it was in the West Coast, like freaking $1 for 10minutes! Daylight robbery! In good ol' Christchurch (some say Gomorrah) it is $1 for 20minutes, and I have been using it for 57 minutes now ...

Another big driving day today as we drove up the east coast to Christchurch. We planned a few stops along the way and the first was at Shag Point (tee hee) to see some yellow-eyed penguins and seals. It was a nice wee outcrop of land and we took a short stroll to see the lovely beach totally devoid of any wildlife whatsoever. Ah well. Onwards to...

It Rains in New Zealand. That's what everyone said. Not rains- Rains. So we prepared for the worst, our rain jackets were at the top of our bags, all the gear was in plastic bags, and most is importantly our minds were well and truly set on enjoying this leg regardless how sodden we were. We flew in over the mighty southern alps with their ice t...

Well in the morning the weather was perfect at Mt Cook and myself and Nigel decided to do a boat trip on the glacier lake there seeing as I couldn't do much else! We had some great views of Mt Cook too and got to see some pieces of the glacier crashing down into the water although not as spectacular as the Moreno Glacier in Argentina. Nigel plan...

Well hello from the land of the long white cloud. I've made it even though I battled against tough security at Heathrow. As you've probably heard things have changed, No liquids, No gels or creams. On the approach to the departure lounge bottle after bottle was being discarded, hope they recycle!! I had not even boarded the plane before the frie...