Christchurch, New Zealand

We started our recent trip to New Zealand in Christchurch, main town of the South Island and gateway to the antartic continent. The city boasts a strong English influence, and has even got its own version of a Oxbridge college!

Ras Al Khaimah

Ras Al Khaimah is the northermost of the emirates, at the boundary with Oman. It has got a great location, in between the mountains and the arabian gulf. The town itself is not very interesting, but the drive we took along Wadi Bih (a wadi is a dry riverbed that suddenly fills with water after heavy rain) and the resort we spent Friday in night were very nice.