A slow start to the day, we rose, washed, ate our muesli, finished off our fruit and packed our bags for the final time in New Zealand. We then sat in the hostel lobby for a while, reading. Laura took a look through the jailhouse history book, thrilled to learn that there [...]
Uninspired by Christchurch, we decided to head out to Akaroa on the the Banks Peninsula, taking in Lyttleton on the way. So after a healthy fruit and muesli breakfast we headed through the road tunnel to the south and into Lyttleton. The guidebook had described it as a lovely port, but instead [...]
Up at 7am for a muesli breakfast and packing, leaving the hostel at 8am for the drive over to Christchurch. The rain was back, and we were thankful that we got up the glacier at all! It was a dull drive through the rain all the way to Arthur’s Pass, a small [...]