We said a sad farewell to the trusty maggot at Christchurch and made our way to the airport. I was disappointed that there was a heavy cloud layer so I could not see NZ below us. We walked from the domestic terminal to the international terminal and went through security. We are now sitting in the lounge waiting for boarding, except now Jean has disappeared to one of the stores to do some shopping! It suddenly got noisy and a whole plane load of Asians are walkin...

Not too much to report today on this our last full day in New Zealand. We woke up to a very nice day. The camp owner said the wind had changed from the east to the northwest and this meant it would be a nice day. He was so right! The temperature got up to 26C with the wind providing little cooling from the heat of the sun. We went into Christchurch and signed up for a tour of the Antarctic Center out by the airport. It was a fascinating experience and the center ...

We left Timaru about 9:15am and began driving north. The terrain was very similar to the route from Dunedin to Timaru except this time we could catch glimpses of the southern Alps to the west of us. We were just crossing the Rakaia river bridge when the traffic came to a complete stop for about 20 minutes. When it finally started moving again, we discovered an accident on the north side. It looked like a truck had collided with a car and then tried to make a run ...

Woke up to a chilly day but high overcast and no rain. We packed up early and went to the Dunedin Motorhome Company to get a new power cord to replace the one I broke in Invercargill. I bet no one has paid $147 for a power cord in Canada! Unfortunately, I had to do it because they are very sticky about having proper equipment. They will ask you to leave the campground if everything is not kosher. We headed north onto the south Canterbury Plain driving through ver...