Christchurch Bed And Breakfast

Day 14 - We finally reach Christchurch   ~280 km Pomeroy's Bed and Breakfast - $120, including lots of ale..... We enjoy breakfast with Dan and Julie from near Boston and Anna (German) and Alfonso (Spain).  Anna works for Lufthansa, ...

... ! Yey! So, I can now look for jobs tomorrow, open a bank account and get some damn money! I have to say that while Christchurch is very pretty and actually nothing like a city at all it is a little bit boring so I'm not entirely sure I want to stay ...

... as the tram tour we intended to do tomorrow. Mt Cavendish is located in the Port Hills. It affords spectacular views of  Christchurch and its surrounding suburbs as well as Littleton Harbour . It is part of the crater wall of the extinct volcano that ...

... , and had a proper laugh doing it, chatting about bloke things, Rangers, Orient and other various topics that I can't now remember. Christchurch basically has loads of pubs and bars that are decent and then a strip of the better places where you can have ...

... amazing view of Mt Cook and Lake Tekapo. We stopped in Geraldine for a short lunch stop before continuing straight through to Christchurch, arriving at the hostel at 5.30pm, where we all showered and got ready to go out. Tonight was Sherri's last ...

... make supper. The hostel was really busy....lots of people there, so cooking was a bit tricky. The next day we travelled to Christchurch, and we are now staying at a B&B that is also a massage clinic and spa.....I had nothing to do with the ...

... two people of our bus - Andy (hilarious German) and Ben (Bristol, interesting bloke), who we were to see again in Christchurch. And to bed - my 3rd night there but my first with the knowledge that instead of freezing all night, there was in fact a ...

... on the left. Jym has been doing great with this.  I am barely grimacing or clenching my teeth in terror anymore!  Christchurch was a bit more crazy traffic wise than I had expected but quite a lovely city.  I was taken by the liveability ...

... for direction we final found the bus stop and caught the bus to the Gondola. With spectacular 360 degree views across Christchurch, the Canterbury Plains, Southern Alps, Banks Peninsular and Pacific Ocean we took the gondola to the top where we then went ...

... the local mountainside from where we could see the original settlement town of this area - Lyttleton which existed as a shipping port before Christchurch existed. As usual for us, when we got to the top, the mist had not really cleared, so our view ...

... find some breakfast and then we got free internet with lunch so I skyped josh and Cara=) it was good to talk to them.  After breakfast we went to the aquarium and kiwi house and got to see lots of types of fish, some sharks and sting rays. Mom and ...

... as long as possible, we headed back to the van for rice, carrot and soy sauce dinner again! After breakfast on Sunday morning we tried to go back into Christchurch but that got a bit difficult when the van wouldn’t start! So unbelievably, we had to ...

... the plane  to someone else.    We drove to Methven, a small town some 100 km away from Christchurch. We got a bed in a hostel and went to the information centre that was open for earthquake victims. It's unbelievable how sweet and ...

... . could have been birmingham for all i was aware. then a 3 hour flight (back on Quantas, cooked breakfast!) and a quick shuttle run and finally in Christchurch. Anyone whose read Clarksons "Born to be riled" i have to say he has Quantas very very wrong. A ...

... hiking and driving. Dec 24th - Christmas Eve! Hope you've all been good boys and girls ;o) The morning drive to Christchurch was straight forward and uneventful. As we approached the city, the traffic was heavy with last-minute Christmas shoppers, ...

... Square, which was very pleasant.... ...and then walked to the Botanical Gardens, which were also really nice. This is really where Christchurch reminds me so much of Cambridge back home, with its quietly flowing river (the River Avon no less), and the ...

... that we could find another restaurant open with spaces for lunch at zero notice. Hutchy drove around the centre of Christchurch for a while but everything was either closed or absolutely packed. We'd nearly given up before Katie spotted a Thai ...