Nearly time to Leave…
Well, here we are, finally in Christchurch nearing the end of our stay in New Zealand. We left Timaru this morning and headed on our final trip of any real meaning, north to Christchurch. On our first day in Timaru we gave the van a right thorough cleaning, for the best part of 4 hours so it looks spick and span now!
We arrived in ChCh at about 10am, headed straight to the holiday park where we have booked a cabin for two nights till Saturday morning. We dumped all bags and everything of value into the cabin and made a dash for the Backpackers Car Market. So checked in, we sat in the yard from 11am until 5pm. That was today, Thursday, where we have the van listed at $4,750. So we had a few people looking, one German couple made an offer of $4,000 which I rejected as I think $4,250 is as low as I will go but we will see. $4,000 in my pocket and 5 days to see Christchurch may be better than waiting it out for an extra $250 or whatever. Still an offer on the first day isn’t a bad start so staying positive. Definately our van is the best there, clean and professionally fitted out. Has received glowing comments from passer’s and the wacky English Stoner who over see’s the whole operation seemed very impressed with it.
Well we’ll see how the next few days go, I’d love to have it sold by Monday and have a day or two to get some Oz dollars and Thai Baht before leaving, plus I’d like to do some spending here while I’m at it! The value here is much greater than converting back to euro so spend it while I got it!
It has been a great van and will be sorely missed, it treated us well and hopefully will be a dream vehicle for some lucky couple out there who just have to see it yet. (And depart with a significant amount of cash) 
