The activity of the day was a hike on the beach and in the beach caves. It was totally AMAZING!!!(I feel like I’m running out of superlatives to describe my trip ;-) ) Ken and Jac took us on a path through some caves where we got out on some other beaches. The views were just breathtaking. See below. Not too many people know about this place so we were lucky that we got to see it. I struggled a bit with my fear of heights when we had to climb the cliffs, but with some help from my friends in the group I managed just fine.
In the evening we had our final dinner. It was really nice and funny. There was a lot of dancing and singing plus plenty of (bad?!) jokes. (Many “blond” ones.) We managed to keep awake to nearly 1 o’clock, which is very late on a hiking trip (you are usually so tired at 10 pm so you fall off the chair). But in the middle of all the laughter I felt a bit sad, since I knew it would be good bye the next day.
Our final day we started off with the walk to check out the pancake rocks (See below) and then we started our way back to Christchurch. We drove through Arthurs pass and on the way we stopped for another short walk to some limestone cliffs. What can I say – it was another drive through a beautiful surrounding.
In the early afternoon we reached Christchurch and started to say good bye to each other. It is funny how quickly you can start to really like people. I have said “Good Bye” to quite many new friends on this trip and it always makes me a bit sad, since it isn’t often you have the possibility to meet these friends again. Thank God for Facebook, that at least makes it easier to keep in touch.
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