Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand

We have finally arrived at our last stop in New Zealand and god it's gone quick. As usual it was raining, something we know only too well but being English we are quite used to it.

It took us about an hour to find our hostel in the middle of town via the one way nightmare and many streets names that didn't match the map we had. After dropping our bags off we had to navigate through the one way nightmare again to find the airport (which was where the car hire was) to drop the hire car. A sad departing to Dave the Daewoo he will be sadly missed!

Well for the past five days we have mainly just chilled out and done bugger all! What a life! Did manage to blag ourselves on another free city tour this time by a company called Stray!
We thought they would take us to all the wonderful sights Christchurch has to offer but instead the guide was more interested in telling about the price of property instead of the history of Christchurch, and to top it off we made a scenic stop off for lunch in the lovely port of lyttleton NOT! what a dump! fish and chips weren't bad though! Spent the rest of the day chilling in the square watching people play big chess and the street entertainers, very amusing!

We were entertained on one day by a very funny fellow called Bruce, who did everything from juggling to throwing knives to some amazing one liners but you had to be there to appreciate the comedy value! As the finalle Lee's services were called upon along with another guy from nz and a v pretty young lady from sweden! who lee and the other guy had to kiss!! but i know he loves me! Bruce stood on Lee and the other guys shoulders whilst juggling knives quite scary but he achieved and they got a great round of applause for their services from the audience Lee was now a celebrity in Chirstchurch!


Fab hostel we were staying in called Base Backpackers. The view was fantastic. We had a view of Cathedral Square and of the great Cathedral that god love it deceided to ring its bells at some ungodly hour of the morning! the only drawback was the dirty kitchen but when i complained it was soon cleaned and we were much happier!

As a treat decided to have my hair recoloured and cut. What should have been a relaxing enjoyable experience turned out to be a nightmare. I am now blonde! Instead of colouring my already blonde bits she decided to do the brown bits as well impressed i was not but i was so in shock i said thanks paid and ran out! Hoping to find a miracle stylist in oz who can rectify this disaster!

On the second to last day we met up with a couple from back home, Raffs and Vicky, who are also travelling around NZ. Its always good to see a familar face and we had a good long chat over a few beers.

So basically Christchurch is a lovely place and we had a very chilled out stay but having no car made it a little frustrating and i think we are both ready for moving on to Sydney for christmas and new year and to meet up with a load of friends from back home. Bring it on

Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Love Lee and Sonya xx