Kia Ora,
A wonderful day of exploration. What a lovely village. Walked to Anglican Cemetery, Dissidents Cemetery and French Cemetery; walked to lighthouse; walked past many quaint houses and eating spots. Made a reservation at Trading Places for dinner tomorrow night; and made a reservation with the mail run couple on rural delivery route to East Bay Islands for tomorrow; talked to two shop keepers who said that the earthquakes have definitely chased way tourists and caused a lot of destruction here.
By the way, our Top Ten Holiday Park is all downhill to the village. Which means all uphill on the way back. One hundred sixteen steps and then some more climbing.
Going to movie in funky theatre later. Driving.
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| View on walk into the village |
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| Akaroa |
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| More walking! |
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| So much French! This village was settled by the French. |
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| The town butcher shop |
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| Many beautiful historical buildings |
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| 1922 War Memorial |
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| My brother-in-law haunts me everywhere! (His name is Benoit.) |
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| Funky movie theatre/cafe where we just returned from seeing The Hopes and Dreams of Gazza Snell.. an amazingly well written, directed and acted Kiwi movie |
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| Where we will dine tomorrow |
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| Earthquake damage |
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| Akaroa Harbour |
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| We dodge rain clouds all day! |
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| Modern homes! |
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| And that view! |
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| And he is buried in the Anglican Cemetery along with his two wives |
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| Very cool place right on the beach |
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| The cool place on the beach from a distance |
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| See a name anyone recognizes?!! |
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| Zany fun house |
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| Tui beer caps..yup |
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| Our double wide |
C'est marrant tous ces noms français ! toujours tellement de choses intéressantes et de beaux paysages ... C'est un pays très attachant que vous allez avoir du mal à quitter sans doute .
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