After arriving in Christchurch we decided to relax for a couple of days and try and work out how we were going to travel around the South Island. Everybody told us that we would love Christchurch as it was a very 'English' city. We're not entirely sure how they worked this one out as it was very small and quite pretty, although it did have the mandatory cathedral. So after visiting the prime tourist attraction; being a highy overpiced 10 minute tram ride, we decided to get down to buisness and start researching bus companies. Two days later after several visits to STA, where we annoyed the staff with our indecisiveness and several unsuccesful phone calls to different bus companies begging for a discount (being the supreme budgeteers that we have been forced to become) we
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