Hi everyone, I spent my last couple of days of my NZ tour in Christchurch, very British, there is even a street called Armagh Street! I went out to the pub in the evenings with some friends and invariably ended up in an Irish Pub! There was a 'session' in The Bog - highly recommend it! There were at least 25 musicians playing an assortment of instruments - Bhodrum, tin whistle, fiddle, accordian, bango and even a trumpet, needless to say there was some irish dancing to accompany them! I left on Wednesday 10th to fly to Bangkok to meet up with Pauline. What a culture shock, the people are crazy drivers, especially on motor bikes and mopeds, carrying things whilst driving like, a computer hard drive, an oil painting, a big collie dog, a family
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