Day 6 Time to see what Christchurch has to offer today. Our only full day here, so alarm clocks are set early, and we actually get up and out at a reasonable time! I think we impress even ourselves! For breakfast, we have been recommended a place called Perrys, across the road from the college, but being a Sunday, we don't run into a cafe overcrowded with students, instead, a nice little place serving up good food at a great price. Only when you get out on ...

Day 5 Surprisingly, I managed to get some sleep on the flight from Hong Kong to Auckland. Only a couple of hours all together but it's more than I normally get, so I have to be happy with that. Touchdown in Auckland is followed by an internal flight to Christchurch. That flight, at an hour almost seems surreal in that it's so short. It's a pleasure to get on the plane, knowing that you won't be sitting there for 10 hours or more, and when the stewardess offer...