Christchurch

Thursday 6th March

Today was a bit of a nothing day as we travelled to Christchurch which is a long drive with not that much to see along the way. Had it been clearer we should have been able to see Mount Cook, New Zealands highest peak at 3,754m but sadly we couldn't.

We did stop off at Lake Pukaki, a glacier lake and Lake Tekapo which was beautifully blue and housed the church of the good shepherd on it, the oldest church in New Zealand.

Christchurch itself is the largest city in the South Island, home to 400,000 people and is very English with neo-gothic buildings and botanical gardens. Jasmine and I decided to take a quick wander around when we arrived to get our bearings before cooking dinner and watching a film.