Day 293 (Thu 26 Apr) - Christchurch

Had a quick cup of tea and toast for brekky and then wandered down back to the ferry terminal to catch the bus to Christchurch.

Soon a large sleek looking bus appeared and we and the other handful of passengers boarded.

Fairly uneventful journey as we headed down to Kaikoura. Here the bus stopped for half an hour to pick up more passengers. We were all turfed off the bus and had to fend for ourselves.

Wandered round Kaikoura for a bit. A real small two bit sort of town and bought some pies and sausage rolls for lunch. Ate these on the beach in the cold. We were mighty glad when we could get back onto the bus.

A few hours later we pulled into Christchurch itself. Quite a pretty looking town with colonial looking buildings.

It was cold and drizzly so we wasted very little time in trying to find some lodgings for the night. We found a room in a large hostel not far from the central square.

Spent a bit of time blogging and catching up on mails at a cheap internet cafe.

Pretty hungry by now so wandered round the wet streets of Christchurch searching for a cheap feed. Loads of restaurants but they all looked slightly out of our budget. We were almost forced to just buy a loaf of bread and some beans but stumbled onto a Mexican restaurant near our hostel.

Decided to go there and had a massive slap up meal. Excellent.