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L'Hotel Akaroa

75 Beach Road Akaroa, Christchurch-Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand

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Lots of rain, nice finish, more rain

A travel blog entry by hmaertl

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We left our tree house in Punakaiki under heavy rain and headed for the Arthur's Pass, which was supposed to be a very nice crossing of New Zealands Southern Alps. The ride was ok, but we did not see a lot due to the ****** weather. We saw washed away roads and many flooded areas . After crossing the pass, we drove to Akaroa, which is just south of …

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A Rugby Ball with Fins! - Really

A travel blog entry by smitherson

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After an epic drive over the hills of Akaroa the night before we awoke to greeted by the beautiful, but slightly onion-ee with a whiff of garlic, vista.

Akaroa was originally found by the French, but after one too many vino's the English (bitter enemies at the time, best friends now...) over heard the chat and beat them back and staked our sovereigns ...

Jitterbug

A travel blog entry by dwiths

... Zealand ones.  They wanted us to bring the van to their lab so that they could take some samples.  Thankfully, their lab was only a block away from the airport, so we arranged to be there for 10.30am the next day. Back at the cabin, we both had a bit of a freak out.  Mand immediately had a shower, and I spent ages empty my clothes, shaking them outside and then inspecting my bag.  A bit calmer, we repacked our bags and settled down for a hopefully good night's ...

Akoroa & Arthur's Pass

A travel blog entry by austins2011

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... in WA!

Picked the van up from Christchurch and headed out to the Bank Peninsular, a hilly area outside the city. Stayed just outside the lovely French-influenced town of Akaroa, set on a beautiful bay. Our first night of camping went well.

A long drive the following day from Akoroa over Arthur's Pass to Hokitika - quite a hike for a our first full day of driving the van. But rewarded by the stunning A's Pass, the most dramatic ...

Hidden away

A travel blog entry by aliceandmac

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... Some additional notes about the area (provided by MS Volendam)

Akaroa is the oldest town in Canterbury and one of the most historic European settlements in New Zealand as it is the only French-founded community in New Zealand. In 1836, the French whaler Jean Langlois negotiated with Maori chief of the local Ngai Tahu tribe to buy Banks peninsula for a French settlement. At the same time the British ...

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