28.09.2009 - Christchurch

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Submitted by christophpurrer on Thu, 10/01/2009 - 22:57

I and Jeff spent the Monday in Christchurch visiting the church tower and preparing for our small 5 day journey. We had a nice night at another Backpackers talking to random people and playing games like guessing all the states of the USA or the countries of Europe.

It rained most of the time on Monday and after stopping at a shopping mall we went up to Arthur’s Pass, were we intended to go hiking on Tuesday.

During our journey to the camping place we visited River Castle. It is a nice stop shortly before the Arthur’s Pass and there are some big rocks lying around the hills. It was really amazing.

We camped overnight in our tent and met some people from Australia or the Netherlands. Most of them are currently attending a snow patrol course. It was a pretty cold night I am thinking about buying a thicker sleeping bag.