Christchurch would be my end station on South Island and from there I would fly to Wellington and continue forward to East Coast towards Gisborne where my plan was to celebrate new year.
Stages from Mt. Cook:
20.12 Mt. Cook - Lake Alexandrina 112km
21.12 Lake Alexandrina - Waihi Gorge 112km
22.12 Waihi Gorge - Rakaia Gorge 93km
23.12 Rakaia Gorge - Christchurch 97km
On my way I suffered again several flat tyres because I found out that all of my tyres had a manufacturing fauld and they cracked slowly from the inner circle. Plenty of stops, patches and nerves. In Mt. Somers I fixed my trailers fork which had been broken since Invercargill. Thanks for Hendrik from Mt. Somers Service Centre for helping me with the fork! Also I had two broken spokes which made the last 100km a bit tricky, since the rear wheel was getting more and more unstable.
I spent my Christmas in Christchurch in Vagabong hostel, together with very nice people. On xmas eve we rented a car with two Swedish girls, Maja&Julia, and went to check out the Akaroa Peninsula, which lies south east from Christchurch. Nice and different xmas eve in a nice company with hot wearher.
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| Lake Pukaki B Power Station |
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| Dinner trout from Waihi Gorge |
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| Fixing my trailers fork in Mt. Somers Service Centre |
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| Christmas Eve in Akaroa, Christchurch |
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| Maybe not the most traditional Christmas dish, but it was fine! |
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| Time to prepare bicycle for the flight |
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| Leaving Christchurch 25th December |
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