Southern Comfort Motel Christchurch

... br> We headed down the coast to Hotikiki via a seal colony and some amazing blow holes where the sea would rise through holes in the rocks.<br> <br> <br>Hotikiki is a strange little town where everybody knows everybody and people walk around with tights and shorts on and that&#8217;s the men. We had a sunset walk along the beach. I thought I had seen enough seals ...

... fun!<br><br>We will update here as often as possible, fingers crossed it sends out an email to our contacts and goes on to facebook??? We will see.<br><br>Make sure you send us lots of comments and any updates from home :)<br><br><br>Elliot and Sarah xxx

... His name was Sean and he was Dannish and drunk! After kissing our hands many time (and Jess's head!) he proceeded to start an arm wrestling contest with the boys, which i think ended in him telling Dean that he would not taking him hunting tomorrow as promised??? What?<br><br>Anyhow the night wore on and a guy named Rob turned up and joined in too. He was the local Ice Climbing guide and the boys loved this. However he also told us that he was Batman but as it was his ...

....ok well only a few days until i leave, hopefully ive got everything sorted, everything seems to be falling into place, visa arrived yesterday (in time to make my previously booked flight). Anyway cant wait to actually get going after the delays.

... onto Diamond Harbour, both of which were really stunning, unfortunately i had a fight with the camera and lost all our pictures. In general people have been so kind, workmates have been great and we spent easter sunday with an Irish girl i work with and 7 of our workmates. She cooked a great roast dinner, the best dinner we have had had since we left!! I also had my first work ...

... in the North Island. Day 39 We hit the road again today, destination "Te Anau" (tee ah-now). The drive took a couple of hours after which we quickly found some budget accomodation. We left our bags and were off again in the car towards Milford Sound. Knowing we were going quite late in the day, we decided not to stop off on the way. The road to Milford Sound is really nice - with forested areas followed by valleys surrounded by steep cliff faces, waterfalls and ...

... to the city centre by lunchtime to return our hire car. 4,200 kms done over the 29 days and two islands! Later in the afternoon, we did the city loop tram tour, which gave a good orientation to the city. On Monday, we headed up on a coach trip to Kaikoura for a whale watch boat excursion. We were exceptionally lucky as the conditions were perfect, Pacific Ocean like a mill pond. Extremely lucky to see 5 Sperm Whales - 4 close up and watched them dive! Also saw a large pod of ...

... and drinks were really cheap ... not that we overdid it of course!!! Next morning we decided to blast back across the Northland; on the way we discovered Ruby Beach where every stone was perfect for skimming ... Dad would have loved it! We stopped at Blenheim on the East Coast but it was pretty much a small shopping town with no soul, so we carried on to Kaikoura. Although the camper can be a real pain in the butt at times, the beauty of it is that if we arrive ...

... to the tune of Happy Birthday. It was a priceless moment and afterwards everyone in the restaurant clapped and cheered. So now the whole ship knew - So much for me keeping it low key by not proposing in the restaurant!<br><br>After dinner we hit Skywalkers nightclub again and Barb took great delight in showing me how to dance to 'Nightbush city limits'<br><br>It was a surreal day and I have to say was up there as one of the best days of my life.<br><br>

Kia Ora, in 1840 hatte ein Franzose die Idee Siedler nach Neuseeland zu schicken. Er kaufte den Maoris Land ab und schickte 34 Franzosen und 4 Deutsche zur Banks Peninsula. Die Briten hatten kurz zuvor den offiziellen Vertrag mit den Maoris unterzeichnet, der Neuseeland der Krone unterstellte. Sie schickten schnell eine Abordnung zur Banks Peninsula um dort die britische Flagge zu hissen und die Franzosen landeten auf britischem Hoheitsgebiet, entschieden sich aber ...