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A great train journey
Took the highway to Greymouth, sped along the road to get there in time for the Tranz Alpine train to Christchurch. The train is a rather odd one the carriages are very tired and the engines do not look much better but they did the job and had an open observation carriage in the middle. The line runs right across South Island passing over the …
Just a pit stop
Travelled to Christchurch via the transcoastal train. The trip was pleasant but not particularly memorable. It was downpouring in the city when I got there but that didn't matter since I was only there to sleep.
Crumbly Christchurch
... after 7 so we had quite a wait. He told us the price of his taxi but it was quite a bit more than the bus do he agreed to take us for cheaper. Something you just wouldn't get in the uk and so worth the little extra money to get out of the cold. Well we drove along and it's weird here. At home you get blocks of houses all built in the same style whereas here every house is different, each individually designed. We even saw one that was domed like a hobbit house! ...
A Week On The South Island
... I love about hostels, having a kitchen with everything you could possibly need! I also don't mind cooking my own food! But I still hate doing dishes. We spent the next day just walking around Wanaka and then a bunch of us went paintballing! It was my first time doing it and probably my last! I'm not very good at it, it hurts, and its scary. I don't like getting shot at! I don't regret doing it though, something else to check off the bucket list! We then all went on a ...
Home sweet Home!
... an uneventful flight home.
Arriving home it was fantastic to have a big welcome from Margaret and Peter and we oohed and aahed at the green and lush growth on the way home as well as at all the changes since we've been away. The coolness was refreshing at first having been so very hot for so long although it didn't take long for us to get the fire blazing which adds to the surreal feeling of being home again! A special thinks to our fab Travel Broker ...