Akaroa

9th June

Keen to escape the bleak city of Christchurch, we headed out towards the Banks Peninsula and the french town of Akaroa.

The Lonely Planet described the drive as a "absurdly beautiful drive", but once again the cloud came down and we couldn't see a thing!  The town was a quaint little harbour town with quaint french road signs, bakeries and boucheries.  No doubt the place would be a hive of activity and tourist in the summer, but the day we visited it seemed like a ghost town.  Keen to make the most of our last few days on the road, we decided to hit the road and took a 4 hour drive to Lake Tekapo and kept our fingers crossed for some better weather.

Approaching Akaroa