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January 10, 2006
The Long Bus to Christchurch
This morning as we were making our way to Christchurch on a double-decker bus, the driver informed us that one of the belts had broken and he needed to pull off the road to wait for mechanics from the last town to come and fix it. They eventually had to send for another bus. All in all it delayed us about an hour and a half. Pretty ironic that this was the stuff that one would think would happen frequently in Central and South America, yet this was the very first time we had been stranded by a bus.
Once in Christchurch we started making our way to the hostel that was 5 or 6 blocks away. A girl who was also on the bus and heading to the same hostel introduced herself as Trista. She was from Canada but had been working in New Zealand for the last 8 months and was currently on vacation for 4 weeks. By the time we got to the hostel we had all agreed to rent a car together to make our way up to the ferry in Picton to save money on bus fare. Trista said she would drive as she was used to driving on the left side of the road after her time here.
For dinner we grabbed some sushi at a place down the street and had fun talking to the waitress, originally from Japan. It was great food and served in small portions like a Spanish tapas bar. After that it was back to our room. Em and I actually have our own balcony at this place but unfortunately we are leaving early tomorrow so we don't have much time to enjoy it.
Posted by Peter Mork at January 10, 2006 9:50 PM
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