Christchurch day 2

What fantastic weather today 34 degrees -hot!!

Took a trip into Christchurch looking around the city centre where lots of buildings are still quake damaged and waiting to be demolished. The shopping centre is thriving however with trading out of shipping containers acting as temporary shops and lots of street entertainers.

We then went up the cable car which has only recently reopened. Fantastic views around the Christchurch area.

 

Christchurch

Arrived at Christchurch at about 11:40 local time. Got through airport pretty quickly. The only delay was to have Lindsays boots cleaned and dipped!

We were met by Avrael and have just had a pleasant lunch with the family before checking into our B&B.

Having a rest before going out to explore Sumner.

Weather is lovely after leaving cold damp UK, I think I'll need to get my shorts on!

Took a stroll on the beach - good to get a smell of sea air to stave off the tiredness.

Singapore

Had a pretty good flight to Singapore. Managed a few hours sleep. Not sure what time of the day it is -travelling through time zones really messes with your brain!

Just had breakfast and now having pre dinner drinks! Lindsay raving about beef noodles for breakfast.

Next posting will be from Christchurch.

Heathrow

We arrived at Heathrow earlier and are now waiting for our flight which departs at 18:15.

All's gone smoothly so far despite a bit of difficulty finding the car rental drop off.

Looking forward to some great food on Singapore Airlines.

A  big thanks to all our friends and family who have put us up over the past 2 weeks.

Will try another update when we arrive in Singapore.

Nantwich

We are now in Nantwich, staying with Ailsa and family.

Great to see the kids and catching up with them. Starting to realise we will miss friends and family while we are away. But will look forward to email Facebook Skype etc...

Returning back down south tomorrow for the last few days in the UK.

Greetings from Kelso

Greetings from Kelso

Happy New Year to everybody. We're on our travels now and will be posting more updates soon.

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Roger and Lindsay

Homeless!

So today we've left home. Had an exhausting few days packing up everything in boxes and cases, but eventually left at 2pm and have started our travels.

Tonight we're staying in Huntingdon on our way up to Scotland. Looking forward to catching up with friends and family before we fly out in 16th.

Happy New Year to all we've not spoken to yet.

Love from Roger and Lindsay x