let me tell something about christchurch.
I got there in a rainy afternoon and my plans were to go to hanmer springs and see the thermal pools in that cold weather.

I left to Hanmer Springs at 10:30. Evan is our guide, he is driving us to the thermal pools of Hanmer Springs. The trip is called Swim Express because we are swimming in the thermal pools and we have to come back at 2 PM.
I was listening to his stories and explicatoins about new zeland and its animals...
Kiwi and Weka are birds from NZ, do you know the difference? Well, weka is smaller than Kiwi and the latter has night habbits. That is, you can't see a kiwi in the morning...:(
Dwa is another animal and it looks like a 'veado'. Apparently they make a sort of powder from the dwa's horn and the japanese and korean guys pay a lot for this magic powder.I've just seen a river here called Huranui, that means bride's hair and is so narrow, looks like a stream as Evan said. (see the picture)
Ok! The pools of Hanmer Springs are great! Very hot but i had a pretty scary time there. My camera has fallen into the hot sulfur pool. Dammit!!! Result: I had to dry the camera and it still does not work!! Puta merda...Soundtrack: the others - Tv Rock vs Duke of Windsor