Holiday Inn Christchurch

...   More hours passed and eventually we reached Christchurch. They were going to drop us off at the Copthorne Central instead of the Holiday Inn on Avon though as they didn't ask where we were staying. At this hotel I actually had the best steak of ...

... writing before returning to the hostel for the evening.  We're getting ready for our tour to start in the morning. We found the Holiday Inn where they will pick us up at 10:30 tomorrow morning. This will likely be our last post for a few days ...

Meet parents at Holiday ...

We have safely arrived in Christchurch NZ!  PS. Air New Zealand is the best airline in the ...

... continue on to Christchurch before they started pooing on our car. The rain greeted us again as we arrived in Christchurch and re-checked in to the Holiday Inn City Centre.  The room was not ready yet, so we had them hold our bags while we strolled ...

... type this blog, Jazz has been napping for at least 1 hour and I'm getting pretty famished. Tomorrow we check out of this hotel - Holiday Inn and we begin our escapades around New Zealand. It's a tour bus that allows you to hop on and hop off throughout ...

... Jumponyou, or as the french call it Champagne. We hit the liquor store and met a friendly shop keeper whom gave us a few words of travel advice. Back to the franchise haven of the Holiday Inn and into the fruity bubble haze we went. Got a good ...

... we are now in Christchurch New Zealand and running on fumes after a late night flight from Rarotonga.  We checked into the Holiday Inn City Centre, this is where we get picked up tomorrow for the start of our 14 day South Island trek. The World ...

Full of anticipation, we arrived at the Christchurch Holiday Inn lobby to join our Active New Zealand tour group. Half of what we had hauled through SE Asia was earmarked for this 2-week hiking/biking/kayaking adventure circuit around New Zealand's South ...

... So the sidewalk vendors were obviously a rip off and a little shady. 1:00 PM - We arrive at our Holiday Inn City Centre in Christchurch, literally right in the middle of pedestrian only streets and around the corner from "The Cathedral", stores and ...

... -in.  I used the internet ($2 for 10 minutes) and we took off at 4.00.  It was a four hour flight, so we arrived around 6.00 pm (Melbourne time).  We checked in at the 'Holiday Inn' Hotel (opposite the airport) and we had Maccas for ...

... precaution to prevent us bringing in any dodgy lifeforms from South East Asia! We take a shuttle to downtown Christchurch, where we're booked in at a Holiday Inn for two nights on a special deal, while we get our bearings. Mark amuses himself watching the ...

... early morning flight to Christchurch, New Zealand the next morning.  Never has a shower felt so good as the one at the airport's Holiday Inn.  PS those Holiday Inn's used to be cheap and cheerful options when I was young, they seem to have ...

... nbsp; As Jason said - kind of funny, we're half way around the world and we're having dinner at Subway and staying at a Holiday Inn.  Ha.  The Subway wasn't quite the same though - first off they had Coke Zero and Sprite Zero for fountain drinks ...

... with the Magic Bus are backpackers, and although Jazz and I were technically "roughing" (according to Jazz Starwood standards) in the Holiday Inn, we trekked to the nearest hostel for pickup, covering up the perceived  notion that we are not TRUE ...

... campervan and packing up). So yes, that sad day came when we had to give the campervan back. Yesterday we arrived in Christchurch and have been exploring the city ever since. This afternoon we are heading to the antartic centre, Dave has a hankering for ...

... area of shops, restaurants, pubs, an arts center, museum, and a botanical garden.  Known as  "the garden city," Christchurch was awash in flowers, flowering shrubs and trees.  Virtually every house had a garden, and the public areas had the ...

... figured she'd need a little more relaxation which brings us to this very moment as I hear them wrapping up the massage. Christchurch, regardless of the earthquake, is an amazing place to be based because we are so central to so many beautiful places that ...

... but the aerobridge was broken... so we had ANOTHER gate change!!! Brett was very impressed at this stage!!! We flew into Christchurch over snow capped mountains, first time Brett has seen snow.. it was truly beautiful. The next day (Friday) we were ...