Christchurch – Day 1

The moon seems brighter, the sky more vast here in New Zealand.

We touched down in Christchurch at about ten in the morning, local time. The flight was bearable – at ten odd hours. Upon coming out from the Christchurch Airport, there was a sense of nostalgia – just one year ago in September I followed dad and Sar here. Back then it was winter, and there was snow on the same path I was walking on. That was also the first time I remember seeing snow up-close.

Reached the Crowne Plaza just before noon and we basically slept till 5pm, even though I wanted to take only a one-hour nap. I went to the gym about six-ish had a run and some upper body workouts… And by 7.30 odd we were out for dinner at a Japanese restaurant nearby.

It’s a 12.09am now and the rest are out at the casino. Lol… The favourite hangout while we are here.

Tomorrow we’re off to Tauranga. There will be a 2-hour transit in Auckland. It’ll be my first time there, am quite excited.

I’m also looking forward to next week – because then is when we’ll have more time to explore. Meaning I can go around the cultural precinct!

Until then.

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