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| The Drive to Akaroa |
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| The drive to Akaroa 2 |
As though we hadn't seen enough amazing beauty already in New Zealand, the ride from Christchurch to Akaroa was absolutely stunning. It's only 26 miles of road, but even googlemaps says it takes 1 1/2 hours, and that's probably conservative. Still. What a beautiful ride. One of the first things you notice as you drive through the southeastern suburbs of Christchurch is that the outlying areas have been repaired and rebuilt. Roads are often wide boulevards, and there is no evidence of the earthquake out here. I wonder if it's because individuals homeowners were more likely to have private insurance? Anyway, the whole trip was well worth the effort.
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| The Drive to Akaroa 3 |
The town of Akaroa is small, but we found out that cruise ships stop by there in the tourist season. It's honestly hard to imagine this tiny town being overtaken by a cruise ship, so I'm glad we missed that bit.
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| The bay at Akaroa |
The bay is also spacious and beautiful, and is a major site for penguin and seal watching, though the tours weren't running while we were there.
We did find a great hike, which was also quite challenging. We didn't actually hike to the highest peak there, but we still gained quite a bit of altitude.
And we got our first and only closeup with a sheep, though we saw thousands of them dotting the fields. Everywhere. Even on the North Island.
We returned to Christchurch to one of our best Airbnbs, which sadly, we only stayed in for one night. Picked up New Zealand chocolate, and went to bed early to get to the airport to drop the car at 4am the next morning. Ack.
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| Hiking above Akaroa |
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| Tree Bark on the hike in Akaroa |
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| Sheep |
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| Sheep closeup |
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| Sheep in Christchurch |
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