Quest Christchurch

Welcome Everyone, I am once again off to see the world. Who ever thought I would be traveling soooo much this year, let alone in my life. So this trip is taking me through the South Pacific and South America, along with some exploration of my home, ...

Hi guys! In this log you will find one man's journey toward making his dream come true - 4 months of freedom, nature as extreme as it gets, western (or is it eastern?) urban experiences, and a taste of some oriental cultures. Prognosis is promising, but - ...

Hello peeps... O.K. so it's taken me a few months to get my act together. What can I say. I've been in third world and communist countries (but tropical which is key)... gimme a break, I'm on vacation. That doesn't mean that I haven't thought of ...

Welcome! Join me as I travel to Fiji, New Zealand, Australia, Thailand, and Europe over the course of the next eight months. I hope you will enjoy reading about my adventures and mishaps as much as I enjoy experiencing them! Aaron

Hi everyone, this travel blog will be used to document the adventures of me and Kate over our six month trip around the World undertaken in 2007. Destinations, LA (3days), Hawaii (7Days), Fiji (7days), New Zealand (56 Dyas), Tazmania (6 Days), Oz (56 ...

... bigger and better. We've decided to drop the motorhome back early, by one day, and have booked into Quest Apartments right in the centre of Christchurch for tomorrow night (and the 2 nights we had already booked before we left Australia). This will give ...

... ! It was pissing rain when we got into Christchurch but we made it to the hostel and went out on a quest for food and drink. Now let us tell you, Christchurch does not have much for night life on Sunday evenings. We walked around for about an hour in the ...

... mate, but as a couple I think this was pretty reasonable as we are not willing to dorm it. We picked up and dropped off in Christchurch to avoid paying ferry costs which are very high. If you're going to do a camper on both islands, rent them seperatley ...

... little sad to hand it back, actually....we had grown quite fond of it and it was kind of like...ours. Anyway, into Christchurch by taxi, about 15 minutes and dropped off at the Quest Serviced Apartments. A great location, right in the centre of Cathedral ...

This morning we had a slow start knowing that Christchurch doesn't wake up on the weekends until late morning. We had gone to the grocery store after our naps yesterday afternoon so we have some food to keep us going. Full of Cheerios and yoghurt we set ...

... price, so went walking again around the shops until we found a specialist bag shop and bought one there. Back to the café outside Quest for lunch before heading across the road to 'Champs Elysees' for a 90 minute massage for me and 90 minute massage and ...

... of Ozzy! James' Highlights: 1 - Rugby - Finding out there would be International rugby while we were in the country the quest was on to find some tickets. These was proving futile until two days before the game when a fellow backpacker mentioned she was ...

... area of the train trip.  It was beautiful as was most of the scenery in New Zealand.  As we approached Christchurch the scenery changed again and we entered open plains and paddock country. We were met at the station by a shuttle service and ...

... 's luggage is damaged so new suitcase to be bought.  Frances arrived about half an hour after us so everything worked out well there.  Christchurch is lovely as well, big place but has a very village feel about it.  (I felt like I was back in the ...

... the end we did manage to see 1 penquin (awww) two seals swimming in the sea and some albatrosses, COOL! We continued our quest south to the catlins, a very pretty coastal area. We managed to get really close to some sealions sleeping on the beach. They ...

... doesn't cost four dollars. Shopping sorted with the rudimentary plan we have in our head sorted and therefore we won't be leaving Christchurch for the next week. Carrying the stuff back, packing away and then making lunch we finally decide to go to town ...

... nice folks at Scotties hooked me up. But all this dilly dallying about has meant there are a couple of things I wanted to do in Christchurch that I'm not going to have time for now because they need to be booked a couple of days in advance. My own fault, ...

... rocky coast and ended the night watching an Alfred Hitchcock TV show I had downloaded onto the Ipod. We headed speedily past Christchurch and out to the great beach town of Dunedin. Our first stretch of road that did not include any complete switchback ...

... we did think we'd come closer 2 the answer whilst shearing them!). Our 1st few days in New Zealand (Christchurch)pretty much revolved around the quest to find cheap emergency thermal clothes! Armed with a whole new winter wardrobe (you'd think we'd ...

Right so this was another day of job searching.. It all started from my quest to get fit and join a gym really if im honest. Think it was the day i went into a recruitment agency and filled in form (have since heard theyr crap thou - but no matter!) ...