This is jackie from Holland! I also met her in Queenstown but she is here for a couple of days too. Went to quake city which is a museum which tells you all about the earthquakes and the future plans for the city.

Walked over 4ks today with 20k backpack. Walking from the hotel I stayed with the parents to my hostel. Managed to get lost a couple of time on the way and run into a Belgium girl I met in Queenstown! We went for a coffee and explored the city for the rest of the day. It's a small world

The weather started off a bit crap this morning so mum and I decided to visit the Antarctic centre. Christchurch is known as the gateway to Antarctica. We got to ride in the snow buggies around a course then got to experience -16 in a simulated snow storm! Later that afternoon the sun came out so we decided to head to Hanmer Springs. Here there was natural hot pools with some temperatures getting to 37! Very relaxing way to spend the afternoon

GAME DAY. Mother and I played 18 looong holes of golf at Russley Golf club. I would say we are pretty evenly matched in terms of skill. I even managed to get a couple of pars and beat her on two holes!!

Arrived Into Christchurch yesterday after an 8 hour bus ride from Queenstown. Today dad and I had a meeting with a humane possum control trap designer, in hopes of extending the use of the device to the squirrels in the UK. Later that day I took the car exploring and ended up in a place called Oxford