Oaks On Chashel Christchurch

... Starbucks and felt a massive surge of excitement: 6 weeks of developing my world-weary globetrotter look evaporated as I bought my overpriced coffee and muffin combo. I managed to catchup with an old friend in Auckland (Hello BigFresh) who showed me the "real" city, away from the tourist strip: a beautiful place, with suburbs full of beaches and coves. So I definitely disagree with all of the Auckland-bashers out there!<br><br>There are quite a few advantages to ...

... some dvd&#8217;s from the massive dvd collection which was only about 20 dvd&#8217;s. The staff; however, was very kind and directed us towards the Stonehurst Hotel which was a great hotel slash campground parking lot situation. I broke down and payed for mini hotel room which was only 50 bucks. The walk into town was nice and we found ...

... instead. Get over it shopkeepers. You get customers at your door.  Everyone has operating costs in business.  Next stop was Oamaru. A nice little harbour town with a sign announcing "Penguins". Everyone loves penguins, so we turned in to see the penguins. Guess what? No penguins. They're nocturnal. We look at the seawall where penguins might congregate later, and leave. I must admit, Oamaru has some quaint old buildings that look inviting for a peek, but we scarper off anyway.  We ...

... Anyway, I only get one night in Christchurch, then fly back to the north island for the last week of my trip. CC itself seems ok at first glance. Lots of churches obviously. Pretty quiet it seems. Other than a quick walk around the main square however, I dont really have time for anything else. Too bad, but maybe next time.

I arrived in Christchurch yesterday evening, and 2 of the staff picked me up from the airport and drove me to Oxford which is about 1 hour away. We arrived at our house, I met a few of the women staying there and pretty much went straight to sleep. The next morning, we went to church down the street, and I really enjoyed the body of believers there. Then, we had lunch, and Shannon, one of the staff, took me on a tour of the base. Our school has 43 students ...

... We then decided that, due to the excellent playground, we would stay on the tent site for a further three nights. The camp sites in New Zealand are very good and most have good kitchen and laundry facilities, which are better than the facilities offered at many motels. After an hour and a half putting the tent up, during which time Yvonne was impressed with D's tenacity over getting the tent just right, albeit ...

... Yorkshire at the bus stop which was okay, but they were a couple that always had done something better than you in all the places that you had been to!! Their campervan was a converted 13 seater bus and had an oven - a point they made quite quickly after asking us if our van had a microwave!! Anyway they were pleasant enough. In the city we took the tram ride round to get a feel for the key ...

... for the landing, he still didn't prep me for what I was supposed<br>to do, but it seemed to be common sense, standing forward and get ready<br>to hit the ground running... but the landing was so smooth and slow,<br>there wasn't any running really.<br><br><br>3:45<br>PM - Next was Lu! He seemed to do everything right but he was a little<br>too heavy! He weighs ...