Our next stop in New Zealand was Akoroa and one of the things we did there was to have a tour of the area on an old London double decker bus.
Unfortunately, the hills around Akoroa proved too much for the old bus and by the time we got up to Hilltop Tavern the the bus was exhausted and it overheated.
Luckily there were two busses and we had to wait for the next one to arrive. We travelled back to town on that bus and the next group of tourists had to wait until our sick bus had cooled down and recovered before they made their return journey.
Wait all day and three come along together typical, lovely collage beautifully presented, could be a anywhere but Park Lane much to much greenery Babs:)
@eyesmile ha ha, yes it's a hard life isn't it. We had to sit in the tavern and drink tea and coffee, cakes and other delicious things including the occasional glass of wine too. Such hardships. I was so glad the bus died because we would have been really rushed otherwise.
@cruiser I loved Akoroa too, no retail therapy here though. By the time we had got back into town and visited the Giant's House, the heavens opened with a terrific storm and we got the shuttle bus back to our ship. Will definitely go back there again one day though.
@chrysanthemum Yes Christina it was a great tour and good that the bus overheated because we got longer to stay in this area than was first anticipated because we had to wait for the next bus to arrive.
Oh dear! Not the best way to have a tour...but good for photos!
I had forgotten just how steep the stairs to the top deck of the bus were. ha ha.