CITY RIVER - river cutting across the Christchurch city with beauty Banks and Duck roaming around freeing. That something the future river bank in Singapore should looks like. The river cut across Neighbour and linking smaller garden park and the Botanic Garden. One can actually cycle round the city ... by the river bank.
Road construction very similar to Singapore....POSTBOX at New Zealand. My partner commented that one hardly meet anyone on the road in this land of more sheep than human. 7-11 is hard to comes by. Method of roadside parking includes, 1hr, 2hr, 3hr and 4hr parking. Small little pillar-like Automatic machine nearby for self-payment.
SELF-Driver - My first RENTAL drivingexperience while on oversea. Something about the rental experience. First I didn't rent from Int'l Rental like HERTZ or AVIS but from the recommended list in the tourist brochure. I think its safer when and if I runned into problem. In fact, the owner(one-man-kick) is very kind to explain the detail, it also provide PICK-UP and Airport send-off service. His inventory of car are NEW second-hand car imported from Japan (in my case MAZDA, righ-hand drive). Well, the experience tells me you need a assistance to read the map when driving and very important a common thought about enjoyments. Don't forget the Insurance bit for the rental experience.
WEEKEND MARKET or DayTime PasarMalam - It only happens during the weekend well located in a OLD converted school building. You can find store owner from different country, which I met one when asking for direction to the Museum(free entry and quite informative).
Last but not the lease - The typical Botanic Garden, a era left by the British. I always felt very at-home when inside the Garden, its beautiful and after a flash of quick rain dropping. ChristChurch,NZ
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