CHRISTCHURCH
We were right about last night and the odds of a good night sleep.
Christchurch has a large number of back-ally bar collections.
Take any average city block. Clear out and widen all the alleys into and out of the block and instead of loading docks and garbage bins create welcome entries into cool pubs and bars and restaurants. Add some lighting by stringing wires from building to building, construct some balconies, throw in some big screen televisions and invite several thousand men and women all between 18 and 35 years old and you have the scene that completley surrounds our lovely apartment here in Christchurch.
At 2:00am I find myself wandering through this environment. It was an amazing scene and back in my bedroom, the noise is deafening. But what the hell, it's not that I need to do anything on Sunday. It is our day off.
We take our unloaded bikes. They seem so light without all the baggage we normally carry around. Please take that literally. Thank you. We cycle around some amazing bicycle paths that the city has created. It really is a very bike friendly city. It's a good day.
It started cloudy and foggy, but by noon the sun burns it off and we enjoy our day off here.
We better get rested - the next few days will be brutal. We are moving inland and going up - WAY up. We'll try to keep you up to date, but as it was in the last few days, when you travel outside of the big centers, it is quite difficult to to find reliable internet access.
We saw a t-shirt yesterday that read: "NO CELL PHONE, NO EMAIL, NO WORRIES" over an image of New Zealand. It reads quite true to us.
NO STATS FOR TODAY. UNLOADED BIKE TRIP DON'T COUNT!
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