Christchurch. Our mission was to sell Lucy, with time to spare to see the city before we were due to fly to Fiji. We had eight days in which to do this. First things first then. We found somewhere to park in the centre of town and went to an internet café where we designed a poster advertising Lucy's need for a new owner. We found a car wash and...

Well iv finished my south island adventures and it doesn't seem like half way through the three month of traveling. but it is so to fill u in because i understand a few more people r reading this. well we're staying with our friend Helen who emigrated here 8months ago. we had a day of chiliaxing, look round Christchurch, and slept. then we made ...

landing in Christchurch after being in Asia for so long was a little bit of a shock... it was blimming freezing and we were knackered. we picked up our camper from the lovely (for lovely, read surly) lady at Jucy and drove for about half an hour trying to find the Pak n Save to stock up with fodder for the next 3 weeks. having not really read to...

You wouldn't read about it ... we're home. Nerve-wracking few hours at HKG after the last entry. "There's no chance, you might get on, one of you can go, the flight is over-booked already, go and book a hotel" where just some of the comments that were flying around, and the 20+ people who were waiting for the odd seat to free itself were all in ...

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...

Another bus ride. The bus driver this time was a decent enough bloke who actually allowed you to eat a chocolate bar on the bus and only occasionally pointed out things of interested. This time to Christchurch. Where, although I'm staying at the hostel, I met the folks again before they fly home. On our way day down the west coast we drove throu...

Got up about 8am or so and set off back on the road for christchurch. Took a few hours to drive, stopped at a river on the way back to chill out for a bit (see pict for scenery of where id stopped). Continued back to the city - took a small detour to Hanmer Springs to see what it looked like... Quite tourist-trappy lookin i thought from the quic...

We went to watch the All Blacks play Australia and win. They did their "controversial" new Haka with the throat slitting action, which they've been saying represents "drawing strength into their heart and lungs" Anyway, they beat the ozzies pretty well, and we got a good view of it. We wore our new All Blacks rugby shirts. On the way in, anyone ...

We pack up our belongings and depart The Marine Backpackers in Sumner. Sumner is twenty minutes East of Ch'ch, its a seaside resort and very pretty. The hostel is among the best we've visited so we're sorry to leave. We have an appointment with a garage guy who's interested in buying our beloved car. So he's our first destination.. hopefully he ...

hi all! so today was my first real day when i had nothing to do. so i decided to take a bus back into christchurch since the campus is still pretty empty. i had such a relaxing day, being on my own time schedule just wandering around by myself. i walked to the botanical gardens which were absolutely gorgeuos, and so peaceful. i found a patch of ...