So finally we arrived in the big NZ Tuesday We arrived to... surprise surprise a rainy Christchurch on the Tuesday, and by the time we got to our hostel and checked in, the rain stopped. We headed into the centre of town to have a look at what was around. We took a walk by the river and grabbed a cup of coffee, and had a fairly chilled evening. The hostel was quite busy, but was just 5 mins walk from the centre, so it was easy walking everywhere Wednesday We got up reasonably early, and as the weather was a bit iffy, we headed over to the International Antarctic Centre, which is the main launch base from which most of the Antarctic expeditions leave. They had a great exhibition on the bases, conditions, geography and
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