After a good night's sleep on comfortable mattresses and a warm blanket, I woke up at 8.00 clock by the sun's first rays. I opened the door to a bunch of ducks and looked at me expectantly. I told them that it will take with your breakfast yet and I'm a coffee first. The campground was pretty full, as many Mietcamper spend your first night here. I awoke around nine clock then Helen and I was preparing a healthy muesli.
We drove back to the first Apollo rental to the defective gas cap, and as we noted in the evening also replace the Teflon frying pan to scratching. This happened very quickly and easily. Then we drove to the city center of Christchurch. A very welcoming little town with lots of greenery and a small market in front of the cathedral. Even street artists were already on the way. We are concerned at the information center or the free guide from the South Island and bought the book at a bookstore to the shooting locations of "Lord Of The Rings". Most places are located on private property. But we will certainly meet one or another scene image.
Then we went to "Lyttelton" and then the hill. From there we had a great view of the city and the surrounding sea. We then drove on the road and chose to serve the "Banks Peninsula". Helene wanted to Akaroa village, because she had read about this place and he seemed sympathetic.
En route we made a stop on a hill funny, where four roads crossed, on the ridge. Right behind it was a great view on a bay. There we stopped, and Helene made a few sandwiches.
Retrieved from "Allendale" we took the northern route and went to "Port Levy." There we took the road to Pigeon Bay, and soon discovered that this is an "unsealed", a gravel road. So back and then stop by in the direction of "Little River" across. And what we see, this road is revealed as a gravel road. Everything we did not want to go back. And so we were comfortable in this attack.
Before long, the road narrowed twice, so we soon drove only on one track. Woods and bushes made the narrow road that was still close and go quickly once the way when you go to a mountain pasture. Then a car came towards us and we both had to brake pretty. I let down the window and asked in passing if the road was likely to run our bus in Little River. With a view to our campers, he then said: "It should be ok," and then he added with a smile, "just drive slowly and have fun."
At some point we had made the hill and there was a small Ausstellplatz. We got out for a short break and admired the one-sided wind-stricken trees. Even otherwise, the nature here was very bitter, like on a mountain road in Switzerland. For example, grew up in the shelter of a fence post conifers, which showed one of the most frequent wind direction is clear. The view from up here was very nice, as you looked down again on fjords.
The back side was not quite so tight, but gave back some great scenic views. Then we were soon back on the good road no. 75, which then led us to Akaroa. This village is also located at a cross inland sea tongue, and is known for the smallest dolphins in the world, which can be considered quite close to the water.
We took our dinner in a garden restaurant of a small hotel. It probably seemed to have only 3 rooms, if you look at it from outside. Then we drove back, where is located on a small hill, another Top 10 Campground. Since we are members of these Meanwhile, there was no question where we will spend the night.
