The ride to Akaroa was beautiful through the hills. It is really close to Christchurch but the roads are very winding and you go up over the mountains so it takes about 2 hours. The drivers here scare me sometimes, the winding roads and whatnot, and they get really close to bikers.... Anyways we walked around the city which is very small and found a place to rent kayaks. We kayaked around the bay for a little and saw some cool birds. There are also endangered dolphins there that are really small but we didn't see any. After that we went on a small hike which we were very confused on. It started in the city and the signs were nonexistant. Eventually we even went through actual pasture fields with sheep and had to climb over fences. It was actually pretty cool because we were up in the hills and we got to see farms up close. It started to rain and after that we went home to warm up. We didn't stay too long the next morning and decided to go to the beach since it was really warm and sunny! Sumner beach is a suburb of Christchurch and the beach is really pretty.
Today we went back there and went surfing! We couldn't stand up but we will get better. It is still really fun to try!
In other news I bought a bike and Nicki and I bought a car! It seems crazy to buy a car but since there are not many people here the buses are not the best way to travel, plus they are pretty expensive. We hope to go on another trip this weekend with our car which will be very nice because we can go and stay whenever and wherever we want.
Look for more pictures too!
I adore the picture on your profile!
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