Great Kiwi Road Trip: Day 14 - Riccarton， Botanical garden and Lyttelton

We had a really late dinner last night, I still how hungry I was while waiting for everyone for dinner. Anyway, Uncle Mok had a house in Christchurch last time so basically, he is very familiar with Christchurch. He actually drove us all around, to see the night view of Christchurch and some of its neighborhoods. 

Artistic plant from the park of CBD

 

We had a quick breakfast, and paid a visit to Riccarton Sunday Market which just located right opposite of our motel. There are about 300 vendors which selling fresh fruits, furniture, clothing, and some plants or trees. We spent 1 hour there, and more than happy by any other people because we finally found a place that could offer cheap clothing! I think all three of us had bought 20 overs clothes in just half an hour of time there, my father in law was quite worried that we couldn’t fit all these clothes into our baggage. LOL

After a short visit to Riccarton market, we made a short trip to Botanic garden. The place is one of the devastated places after earthquake, so was quite poorly maintained. Though not much flowers to be seen, we still had a good time there.

Riccarton market

Botanic garden

Had fun at botanic garden

Last trip before we off to airport, we drove to one outskirt – called Lyttelton where situated about 20 minutes from the CBD of Christchurch. This is one of the most damaged earthquake places, and we can see many houses being abandoned. Despite all these damages, Lyttelton is still a famous leisure place for the local folks. Usually during weekend, people will come to the beach for swimming, cycling and picnic. I guess that time we were quite tired already, so didn’t really enjoy the view there. Anyway, we did enjoy the sorbet and ice-cream. It was delicious!

The day did pass really fast, and till then it was about 9pm, we returned our car companion and off we go, back to Malaysia. New Zealand is definitely a place worth a visit, because of its beauty, and friendly people, we definitely will come back again next time!