Crowne Plaza Hotel Christchurch

... a kind of thank you. However wife points out that far from returning a friendly gesture he seemed to be frowning and definitely angry! Looking back at my stupidity I feel like kicking myself, for while driving into Wanaka, we are soon tailed by a police car with its top light blinking. Something I had never experienced before but seen often enough in hollywood flicks. I pull over, come out am motioned to get back in and wait, while the cop is speaking to who else but ...

... solved. He returns to Inga and initiates a pleasant conversation with us about their travels and homeland, all the time glancing in the direction of Herr Laurie's wagon. Apparently, they'd been told not to stay in campgrounds by themselves - for safety purposes. Whilst sensible, I pointed out that actually camping on top of people was probably not needed. Nice enough couple, just not thinking. We left them that night none the wiser to Herr Laurie's real character. They were gone ...

... making in -25C, and i dont really understand how people can (or would want to) live in Canada or Russia if it gets that cold! After this part of the trip we got to see little blue penguins, which were great, as i love penguins! All the ones that were there were poorly and so were being looked after by the centre. Once we have more permanent work we will start going further afield with our time off, hence having more to report.



So, first impressions of Christchurch ...

... would be eyeing up a large stack of rolls (fig.9), things would have been so very different (although only marginally so, if at all). We all went to the Antarctic Centre and experienced a room of freezing temperatures where Lindsay looked a bit special needs (fig.10). After a big picnic by a lake, me and Panini smashed up a remote controlled helicopter and set off for Fiji. Thanks for having us Liz and G and Poppy and Molly and Affie and the flies.

... side of the road). We got to the top and stopped to take a picture of the bay below, but noticed our car was boiling and losing water! Unfortunately the temperature gauge never worked, and we didn't notice it. We popped the hood, or rather, we popped the seat - the motor is stored under the passenger seat! And then called AAA (or ADAC for Germans), which in NZ is actually called AA. After talking to them for awhile trying to explain which backwater road we were on, we saw the ...

Christchurch is considered to be the most "English" city in New Zealand and was also our last stop for the NZ trip. We pulled into our car park called Stonehurst which was only two blocks from the city center. We had a nice walk around the city viewing some historical churches, art museums and galleries and the Christchurch Botanical Gardens. The Churches had ...

Before I start this morning, can I just step back a few days and say that Singapore women are the most naturally beautiful that I've ever seen. Not just the flight attendants, but in 4 hours at the airport I failed to see a woman that didn't have the ethereal beauty they seem to share. I only bring this up because it was one of the many thoughts running through my head yesterday during my first bike ride in New Zealand - a 60km epic spanning mountains, road sections akin to what you see in ...