Hello everyone. We were so taken by our Cessna flight that much of what we have been up to since, seems dull in comparison; hence the delay in writing this, our latest update. Our two night stay in Lake Tekapo was mainly a relaxing chill out couple of days, which we spent just wandering around the small lakeside village, visiting a lovely wee church. (It's great here in NZ, everybody uses Scottish words like 'wee' and mingin') and staying in the hostel in the evenings, where we met some nice fellow travellers. We then moved on, back to Christchurch again. Once more we managed to obtain a great deal on a hotel (through a good website called 'ratestogo' which provide some some incredible discounts.) We were ina 5-star place at backpacker prices - very posh. Over
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