Arrived into Christchurch on a vague hangover and sleep deprivation after Mardi Gras in Sydney. I booked morning flights to avoid arriving to new countries in the dark but didn't factor in that a 9am flight does mean a 6am alarm call - which is not early but does feel very early after a night out!
So I managed to find Heather at Christchurch aiport. Heather is an old traveling buddy from China who was heading over to NZ about the same point so good timing! Both of us were feeling the effects of a heavy night so we just spent our first few days in Christchurch chilling out and drinking very little beer in an effort to detox. We did find shopping in Christchurch. I now quite proudly own a hoodie which I thought would be a good idea as it is colder here. Plus we were lucky with the weather and managed to squeeze a day of sun bathing into our 4days in Christchurch without any site seeing.
Ok let me explain the last sentence. We had both booked on the Kiwi experience tour bus which is going to be intense site seeing whilst touring the country in a bus full of back packers. So we decided to have 4 days of not site seeing and just chilling in the city. Christchurch is a cool place to do that.
We did manage a night out in our hostel bar which was serving purple nasty jugs - so a good night.
So eventually we had to leave our lovely little hostel and head off on our bright green bus....
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