Christchurch, New Zealand

Sand flies, sea lions, penguins, motorbikes and more!

Yes, we are back in Christchurch after having completed a whole loop around the south island! The last week and a half is a blur of motels, hotels, small towns and lots of time in the car. We've seen many beautiful places, quite a lot of wildlife and met nice people. After leaving...

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Victoria & Robert on April 10, 2010 from Christchurch, New Zealand

from the travel blog: The rest of the world

Dunedin to Christchurch

After the tearful farewells at Dunedin, we decided we would head to Mount Cook diverting a few times on the way. First diversion was Moeraki Boulders, large spherical boulders clustered together on a pristine beach. I guess it might not sound hugely exciting but they really were quite a odd, its...

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Tim and Em on April 5, 2010 from Christchurch, New Zealand

from the travel blog: Round half the world!

Taupo to Christchurch

After all the adrenalin excitement of the last few days, it was back to more sedate experiences. A long drive from Taupo to Wellington via a detour to Huka falls. It was rather weird to be in a city again with lots of people rushing around. Had a great fish & chip supper (again!) before having...

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Tim and Em on March 26, 2010 from Christchurch, New Zealand

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Lake Tekapo to Christchurch

When we leave Oamaru it's hot and sunny again, and I've made myself a friend, a seven-year-old Taiwanese girl travelling on the bus with her mum. As soon as she finds out I'm vegetarian, that's it: she spends practically the entire one-hour journey to the viewpoint of Mount Cook running...

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LizIsHere on March 20, 2010 from Christchurch, New Zealand

from the travel blog: New Zealand & Australia 2010

First few days in 'Kiwi land'

After a relatively short flight to New Zealand from Sydney, we arrived in a cold rainy Christchurch. It felt very much like England, or perhaps a typical Swedish summer day… The rain poured down as we took a shuttle into the city centre and our hotel. As we now had reached our ‘end...

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Victoria & Robert on March 15, 2010 from Christchurch, New Zealand

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a 'pretty', 'quaint', 'quite English' city

Another flight, this one a measly 1 hr 20mins and thus the most guilt-inducing of all the ones I've taken so far. I took the airport flyer bus to the centre of Christchurch, Cathedral Square which, unsurprisingly, has a cathedral in it. It's a pretty area ('pretty' may be overused in...

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LizIsHere on February 9, 2010 from Christchurch, New Zealand

from the travel blog: New Zealand & Australia 2010

Playing Games and Losing Small.

“So he wakes up twenty minutes later and reaches into the ash tray and pulls out three cigarette butts and slurs ‘I raise’ as he pushes them to the center of the table. I looked at him and laughed and brushed ‘em away and told him ‘besides not being in this hand, you can’t raise with cigarette...

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JCinTheSouthPole on December 20, 2009 from Christchurch, New Zealand

from the travel blog: South Pole

Ice Cube

Also my address for anyone wanting it is: Jake Carling, RPSC South Pole Station PSC 468 Box 400 APO AP 96598 “Name the seven countries in Europe that are smaller in land mass than Rhode Island?” I quickly starting naming several until there was only one left. On the tip of my tongue with...

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JCinTheSouthPole on December 13, 2009 from Christchurch, New Zealand

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NO Post This Week

Sorry for the few of you that are reading this, but I will not be posting anything this week. Please visit again next Monday. Hope you are all well. :)

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JCinTheSouthPole on December 6, 2009 from Christchurch, New Zealand

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The Dark Sector

"Yeah, last night I couldn’t sleep because the music blaring from the lounge was so loud. I tried earplugs and that didn’t work, so I tossed and turned all night and just about the time I was falling asleep some guy stumbled into the jamesway making lots of noise. Then he must of just passed out...

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JCinTheSouthPole on November 29, 2009 from Christchurch, New Zealand

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