"Christchurch - New Zealand" New Zealand by kharmencita

This is my first visit to New Zealand. My visit is not purely to see the complete Country but to visit my relatives who live in this area. I combined this with orienting the nearby places close to where my relatives live. Ashburton is around 85 km away from Christchurch. I concentrated to Christchurch to see Scarborough. I visited the topmost mountain by riding on a Cable Car and from their saw this breathtaking Panorama. I visited this place 10 years ago before the latest earthquake occured. So everything was still on their old original places before the natural catastrophe changed and destroyed them.

I said a Rock Garden City because everywhere I found houses on the sides of the hills and mountains filled with beautiful colorful Flowers decoratvely displayed combined with natural Rock formations. Then National Parks filled with Rhododendron Flowers almost as big as Trees. In Spring time when they Bloom the complete park shows carpets of colorful Flowers. That´s why it is also called the City of Flowers.

Most of the time I spent with my Family but more or less I was able to taste a part of the beauty of New Zealand. I didn´t stop to think about it´s nature. Anyway, what i did was just a start for my next journey about this beautiful country. My New Zealand Travel Photos

Sumner Coast Panorama

With a cable car i´ve reached the top of the Mountain to see the breathtaking Panorama.

the rocky Sumner Beach

Strolling along the rocky Beach. And we climbeded the natural Rock Cave .-