Arrival in Christchurch

We awoke at 5:30 the iPhone, after I had 4 hours and Helene slept 6 hours. I made a quick coffee and Helene Hotel took a cup of tea. Then we packed up the remaining things and drove down to the lobby to pay. Since the restaurant had been open around the corner, I got two right Cappucios. Then we waited for Fransisca and Isaac.

They were there on time and drove us through the morning traffic to Terminal 1 We gave them a bottle of wine and said goodbye. Then came the procedure of check, which went pretty fast on. We changed the last Australian Dollars New Zealand Dollars and then strolled through the various gates. Our flight QF 45 was on time at 9.10 clock on the runway. Shortly after the start we saw from the window of our hotel yet. The air then passed in a flash - so what.

Except a little turbulence and everything went smoothly and we have presented during the flight, the clock before the cameras and the iPhone for another two hours. Thus we are now exactly 12 hours before the Swiss time. So if we have 9 clock, it is in Switzerland for 9 clock - how convenient. 15 minutes before landing, we flew over the west coast of New Zealand and then crossed the majestic mountains with their wild streams. And then the plane went into the descent and landed in Christchurch. The South Island is quite narrow at this point.

After landing, we had to do more in the line of 4 "Bio Hazard" because we had two packets of ready meals in a backpack. We could then keep. The security man told us even how to cook the best.

We then took a taxi and drove to the 4 km away Apollo Rental. We even met a Swiss couple who returned goods to the campers, a Hick trapped in the windshield and had to pay $ 400 now. When we were at the range we wanted to leave at this time of default insurance. When they wanted to charge my credit card but $ 7500 security deposit (in case something would happen) and had my card with the no. My limit is set lower. So we had probably no other choice than to take option 1, which we again relieved by a few hundred francs, the deposit down but screwed to $ 2,500. In my view, it is thought through. Anyone who already has a credit limit at that level. For us, this is rip off and we will grapple with any further travel is no longer with Apollo.

Then we moved into our camper and took him exactly under the microscope. We recorded everything on what we saw, photographed it and went so far that they presented to us tomorrow again herbe, because the lock will be changed in the water tank. Since the first night anyway, we will certainly stay in Christchurch that we played no role.

We invited our backpacks and headed first to a mall to stock us with food. Then we drove to the Top 10 Camping and moved into a place. Fortunately, we learned of the Swiss couple that we can solve as a loyalty card, which bring a lot of percentages and even adopted for the crossing to the North Island 10% discount.

Meanwhile, we are 18'604 kilometers from his home, probably the longest distance on our journey. As it is, however, go further after four weeks, we have to decide yet. The Chilean infrastructure will have in the earthquake areas to not be recovered.