Got another bus from the hotel to the airport, but still had a few hours left to waste. Just across the road is the International Antarctic Centre. They had luggage lockers about 10% what they would charge you at the actual airport so dropped off the bags and went for lunch. Similarly there's a big food strip across the road from the airport which is about ten times better than anything at the actual airport. Yet another reason to hate airports, it's like they don't even try.
Back to the antarctic centre, got some tickets and a map, they fill out the map when each thing is going to start next which helps a lot. First thing was one of those stupid 4D theatre things - with the water, wind and moving chairs being the fourth dimension for anyone who still doesn't know. It was just some footage around Antartica and some penguins and such, nothing too remarkable.
Next was the antarctic storm, you put on these rubber shoe covers (to not damage the ice) and a big jacket and go in this room where the lights go out and they simulate a storm with some big fans. Not a good idea to go there with shorts, but the face is where you feel it the most. Some guy took his kids in there but had to rush them out as soon as the storm began. According to the meter it drops from -8 degrees to -18 degrees with 40km/h wind.
The penguins didn't seem to be doing much due to the heat, and the husky dogs were just flat out lying on the ground. Some other rooms had various educational facts and stuff, and at the end a disappointing HD cinema room which just had a film with no narrator, seemed like stock footage.
Part of the ticket also gets you a ride on the hagglund vehicle. There's a special course built for it around the back, you just get thrown all over the place in the back of this thing, I actually didn't feel so well afterwards.
So that just used all the spare time, easy checkin at the airport again since it's not too busy, and thankfully the car was still running at the other end.
Steps: 10000
- Christchurch
- 6 out of 10
- Good
- No earthquakes
- Bad
- City Centre empty
- Finished 10th at park run
- Lost hat
- Traffic
- Missed Out
- Running at Bottle Lake forest park
- Next Time
- Dunedin
- Queenstown
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