The plan today was to visit Akaroa, a popular historic town on Banks Peninsula 1.5 hours drive from Christchurch. I got up at 7 am, made my way to Halswell by bus, alighted at Glovers Road and walked out to the main road to wait for my first ride. 5-10 mins later Tim stopped and picked me up. He was on his way...
工作时想玩却没时间 玩时害怕没钱想工作 在城市时想去小镇 在郊区时开始想念城市生活 漂浮不定时 想找个地方落脚 安顿下来后 又开始想要流浪 好不容易离开繁重压力的白领工 转做简单的工后又害怕头脑变迟钝 有那么多时间玩 却总是没玩到什么 回国前有的想家 却舍不得纽西兰 打工度假就是这么矛盾和纠结... ...
One of the top things I regretted not doing enough when I lived in China was making the effort to go out more when I didn't have classes. Sleeping in on my day off work was super tempting but I managed to resist the idea, dragged myself out of bed at 8am this morning and caught the 9.24am bus 28 to Lyttleton, a...
The next four months in Christchurch we were preoccupied with juggling multiple part time jobs and coping on our own when we lived apart for a month. I got a job as a sales assistant in Northlands mall which was super handy just 5 mins walk from where I stayed. I applied for the opening on Seek and was called up to try...
Arrived in Christchurch jobless again and with three live lobsters. They seem to have fallen asleep on the bus here lol. Since the immigration office doesn't open until Monday, we checked out the farmers market in Riccarton on Saturday and the Canterbury Museum on Sunday. We had applied to work in the ski resorts while in Motueka and were contacted for further information...
Half day to spare before our bus at 4pm: whale watching or fishing? I just could not pay $170 pp to see tails so we decided to go for a two hour fishing trip ($80 pp) with Kaikoura Fishing Tour. We weren't prepared for the rough sea and spent more time throwing up than fishing lol. Oh well at least we caught something...
