All Seasons Christchurch

... Kong, New Zealand, Australia, Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand...5 long-haul flights...4 words - I am unbelievably excited!...3 different seasons - winter, autumn & monsoon (doesn't sound so good now!)...2 attempts to pack my backpack...1 girl with lots of ...

As a reminder, Thailand has three seasons: hot, hotter and hottest. Well, hottest is coming up soon - culminating in Songkran, the Thai New Year. During Songkran, the Thai tradition WAS to sprinkle perfumed water on people. This tradition has somehow ...

... - the Kiwi nation seems as tough as its rugby team. On leaving Kaikoura we drove straight to Christchurch before night fall where we stayed at the All Seasons Holiday Park In the kitchen we spoke to an Aussie couple who were travelling round like us and ...

... the city; people obviously take exercise pretty seriously around here. Our first point of interest is Cathedral Square, the famous Christchurch cathedral is here and lots of activities is within easy walking distance. We’re heading home tomorrow and ...

... to wait!  Oli and Annabelle invited us back to their place again. The Buskers festival is on right now in Christchurch, which is a festival celebrating street theatre and there are acts from all over the world that have traveled here to ...

... wait it out.  I managed to get one of the last cheap tickets which made it marginally less annoying. My overall impression of Christchurch is that it is a very English city.  Everything has a place and an order, rather like the Victorian grid ...

Today was our last trip on the Magic Bus back to our starting point of Christchurch. Four of the girls decided to do white water rafting today, but me, Stef and Bosco decided on the beach instead. We had all already gone in Cairns, and I had gone ...

... the hills.  We're on the edge of a huge storm -lightning in the distance, wind and what's this - hail!  You can get 4 seasons in one day in NZ -any day of the week. We drive on missing the worst of the storm and Elinor does her usual great ...

... and tomato relish isn’t half bad). The interior of the cathedral was breathtaking, and despite the recent earthquakes plaguing Christchurch there wasn’t visible damage. There was some scaffolding at the front interior, but that looked more for ...

In Christchurch angekommen, checkten wir zuerst in unser All Seasons Hotel ein und stellten überglücklich fest, dass es hier kostenloses Internet gab, das sogar halbwegs schnell war. Und wir hatten die gleiche stylische Duschkabine inklusive Toilette ...

... to do so. Needless to say, we decided against it. It was most definitely not worth the risk of missing our plane to Christchurch. Instead, we contented ourselves with longing looks out the window and trying to eat more of the food we'd brought on the ...

... that mysteriously offered us a place to stay in their house on the lake, we got up and drove the rest of the way to Christchurch. It turned out to be a really cool city. We spent the first day at the Willowbank Animal Sanctuary, where we saw some cool ...

Unseren letzten Tag in Christchurch verlebten wir ganz entspannt. Nachdem wir einigermaßen ausgeschlafen und gemütlich gefrühstückt hatten, haben wir noch einmal einen Stadtbummel gemacht und sind nachmittags in den Zoo ...

... also nicht ganz umsonst gewesen. In Kaikoura haben wir noch an einem Seafood BBQ-Stand Halt gemacht und lecker Jakobsmuscheln und Lachs gegessen. In Christchurch zurück ging es noch einmal zu Mum's 24. Von Sushi können wir einfach nicht genug ...

... rain was pouring down so we didn't really get to enjoy the view in front of our tent. We packed everything and left for Christchurch. We found a nice little holiday park just on the outside of the city centre. The weather was much better here so we went ...

... hypothermia felt like it was settling in, and to think all of this happened prior to 9:00 a.m.  Before heading out to Christchurch, we spent an hour wrapped up in blankets trying to warm up.  We arrived in Christchurch at 2:30p.m., Christchurch ...

... of hiking boots, waterproofs, jumpers etc. It was very weird putting on socks after months of bare feet! Amazingly we arrived in Christchurch to gorgeous sunny weather. We were able to wander around this cute city in the sun – lovely! We stayed in ...

... wind chill of -18!! As it was a little cooler and we needed to get a bearings we explored the city a little bit, Christchurch is acclaimed to be 'more English than England!' Well the people are nicer! :p The city resembles Canterbury somewhat (and im ...

... priced. We did find most establishments were priced well, which was a far cry from our $29 pizza shock on our first encounter with Christchurch. After dinner & a drink or two, we strolled around to check out the area. We went past a small shop with a ...