When you are travelling by bus you get to see a lot of the countryside going by and all the small cities that you pass through. Although it really does not bode well with Montana and her weak stomach (there was a lot of Gravol consumed). After a five hour bus ride we arrived in Christchurch at 7:30. We had decided previously that we wouldn't book a room for the night and just go into the first hostel we found since we were only staying for one night. Worst decision ever! Due to an earthquake, every hotel/motel/hostel was full! We walked around for an hour, trying desperately to find somewhere to stay. I was seriously considering the possibilities of sleeping on a bench or squatting in one of the many abandoned houses (due to the earthquake damage). However, Karma came in with a win when our cabbie happened to recommend the YMCA, which only had 2 rooms left.
After securing the room we attempted to walk down to a grocery store to get some real (ish) food. The extremely ill tempered receptionist at our hostel marked them on a map for us but after wandering for thirty minutes, we realized that the supermarkets were actually off the edge of the map and she had just been to lazy to give us proper directions. Thankfully a very nice 50 year old vampire lady working in an adult toy shop was kind enough to give us the correct directions.
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