Travelogues Christchurch

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Jake's Visit to the Van

The last days in New Zealand

After the white sandy beach and the crystal blue water, we headed towards the Mount Cook National Park for our last 'longer' trip. After slowing down our travel time a bit to...

New Zealand

...And off to Christchurch. The city, which is one of New Zealand's major cities with a population of 366,000, was supposed to be a kind of stopover for our big trip south....

Christchurch: Rain, fog, and chill at 10 degrees, sunny at 20 degrees in the afternoon At seven o'clock, wake-up call: The bad weather didn’t really motivate us to get up, but...

The final destination for the next three months is New Zealand. Here, I will rent the self-contained camper van 'Nui' from Rainer and Angelika, and I will first explore the...

The early bird catches the light, but he certainly won’t disdain the bed afterwards!

Distraction on the beach with a super beautiful sunset.

The last few days have been exciting. But more in a negative sense. From Friday to Saturday we spent our night at a campground without reception. That gave us a quiet evening...

Friday, 06.12.2019 A lot has happened since the last post. Unfortunately, I couldn't stay with the Sowmans in Blenheim as long as I had hoped. In total, I was there for just...

For many, Christchurch is just the airport they arrive at and depart from. The city itself is often skipped and instead they rush to the wild south. I cannot completely agree...

After publishing my...

Kia Ora from South New Brighton. Kia Ora from the largest city on the South Island - Christchurch. Our campsite is located just outside the city center. It takes just a few...

During Christmas and New Year's, we took a vacation from our vacation ;) We had already planned the holidays in advance and found other travelers through Facebook who also...

From the south of New Zealand, we continued our journey northwards, this time to the east coast of the South Island. I warmly welcome you to Christchurch, the city of eternal...

After a short flight down to the South Island, we arrived in Christchurch in the afternoon. Thanks to the good directions from our new host Miliana, we quickly found our new...

With the days at Mount Cook, the inland was first explored, next it was back to the coast. In Moeraki, the quite famous boulders are lying (Boulders) on the beach, and of course...

The final stop on our New Zealand journey is Christchurch. Many old buildings remind us of England in earlier times, but they were heavily damaged during the severe earthquakes of...

Back on a real road, or at least on a highway, we raced to Christchurch the next day. We were very excited about Christchurch, as this city had suffered great damage from the...

Back in Christchurch, we stayed in the hostel for one more night, as you already know. We both wanted to have a warm shower and a proper bed before getting into the van....

At 6:30am I wake up, but doze off until 8:00am. Then Eric and I decide to get up. For breakfast, we have Pam's cereal and black tea. We leave the hostel around 9:30am. I show...

For the first days in Christchurch, as I mentioned in my last post, we booked 5 nights at the YHA Backpackers Hostel in Christchurch. We were both very happy to have a real bed...

There we sat at the airport in Christchurch, being treated like two criminals. Bibi and I were taken to separate interview rooms and questioned about our origin and our plans in...

Hello dear ones, I'm back with my new update from Christchurch. Although not much has happened in the past few days, there is still a little bit to tell. After my last blog...

Flight Auckland/Christchurch - Oamaru - Dunedin

03.01. - 05.01.2017 CHRISTCHURCH / HANMER SPRINGS / WESTPORT / GREAT COAST ROAD / GREYMOUTH New year - new country! So we were off to New Zealand - the second major stage of...

After our ferry docked on the South Island at around 7:30 p.m., we drove the winding road to the Momorangi Bay Campground. There we ate dinner, showered and did a load of...

On the way to Christchurch we passed Lake Tekapo, which is best known for the lupine fields on the shore (the purple flowers). But they only bloom for a short time from...