Avonhead Lodge Motel Christchurch

... c'e' la
marea bassa.
Il viaggio, che comincia dopo aver sostituito il pezzo difettoso si
svolge in OFF shore e cioe' su una barca potentissima che letteralmente
"vola" sul pelo dell'acqua e costituisce gia' di per se un'esperienza a
se stante. Le viste sono impressionanti, attraversiamo la jungla ma
vediamo il mare giusto al lato, e' di un azzurro particolarmente
intenso e cosi' bello da ...

... sitting across from us on the train and like most Asians, has an aversion to sunlight. She wanted us to close the curtain...uhhh...we paid for this train ride for the views! Anyway, suffice to say we got dirty looks the rest of the way...oh well.

We didn't let it spoil the ride and spent a good portion in the viewing car where we braved the cold and wind to get some amazing pictures. Arthur's Pass is a tiny village half ...

... to remember to "squeeze the oranges under your ski's" she came out feeling much happier about the New Zealand ski experience. According to the locals, the ski conditions were the "best in 2 years" so we were very lucky. We were at Coronet Peaks which great to cater for all abilities. Beckie did really well and after a few nerves surprised Rob big time!!!!!

Overlooking Queenstown are a serious of picture perfect mountains. On the side of the ...

... fun!

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We head over the Lindis Pass through to the MacKenzie country to Lake
Pukaki for the Mount Cook lookout (you can get off at Twizel to go to
Mt Cook), and scenic Lake Tekapo.

After reaching our bed for the night we where all every tired (from the ...

... going we had to pack it in. Didn't get up to much that night except watching a few films with the Manchester crew who had arrived on the magic bus that day. On Friday we left Lake Tekapo headed for Christchurch. Nothing of particular interest on the way except a giant salmon? We reached Christchurch early enough around lunchtime. We took a stroll through the city during the afternoon and had a look at the sites. Christchurch ...

... them in what they are already doing for these women, so we should have more vision by next week. While in the city square, I met a woman from Hong Kong and talked with her for a while. Then, I was able to meet a married couple named Alley and Peter. Alley was in a wheelchair and had recently had surgery for a brain tumor and was having an extremely slow recovery process, so I was able to pray with her for healing.

... we just kind of hung out. We actually met 3 other people on a different YWAM DTS based out of Perth, Australia on 2 separate occasions which was cool. The first girl saw us spelling YWAM with our bodies at a certain street and taking a picture as part of our scavenger hunt and asked if we were with YWAM. The other 2 girls came up to me and my teammate Emrie in a random store and felt like God wanted to ...

... we went and watched the "Slumdog Millionaire". If you haven't seen it, you should! It was fantastic.... tragic but beautiful at the same time. Tomorrow we are heading across to the west coast of the island, through Arthurs Pass. Apparently its supposed to be a beautiful drive. Then eventually heading up to the Tasman Sea, to Nelson. Wes has some friends who are working up there in a orchard, so we are hoping to get on there for a few weeks. We will see!

... is a big wide amazing world to see and we hope our travels have inspired some of you to travel. As we were in Christchurch for little over a day, we did not do much other than shop and celebrate our last day with a meal and a giant handle of beer! This blog is just a big THANK YOU to you all for logging on to our blog and the comments and emails made regarding it. We hope you have enjoyed reading the blog as much as we have writing ...