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Autres pensees de mon arrivee
Journal pour le vendredi 6 en soiree. En sortant de l'aeroport, la premiere chose qui m'a frappe, c'est la chaleur. Pas celle du Quebec en ete, quelque chose de plus profond, sec, je sais pas. Et l'odeur, la chaleur profonde a une odeur. Je me suis retrouve en un flash back a l'aeroport de Phoenix en Arizona. Les palmiers et les montagnes denudees …
Christchurch
We arrived to Christchurch on the south island of New Zealand on a sunny but cold day. Last week Christchurch had suffered bad flooding that was expected to cost tens of millions of dollars to repair. So we were worried about how our visit would be, but it turned out to be just fine. Colder than Australia, but no flash flooding. Christchurch is the …
A Lovely Pass From Arthur
27/08/04 Leaving Hokitika early, our plan was to drive east along State Highway 73, through Arthur's Pass National Park dissecting the Southern Alps and on to Christchurch. Once in Christchurch we were to board the TranzAlpine train the following day for a return day trip back across the Southern Alps to Greymouth. That was the plan until we heard …
Southern Alps to Mackenzie Country to Canterbury
Well, we are officially at the end of our trip and about to board the long flight home. As we mentioned in earlier posts, internet service here in NZ has been spotty at best (although this is practically the only thing we've found wrong with this country). The videos and pics we posted represent just a fraction of some of the amazing scenery we've …
Thank you NZ, on to Oz
And following on from the last entry, I had the local delicacy, crayfish, at the restaurant in Kaikoura on Thursday night (I think Kaikoura actually means crayfish meal in Maori). Tasted fine at the time but Friday I felt really poorly. A mild dose of food poisoning I think, that pesky crayfish! So we didn't do much on Friday although I did manage …