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April 15, 2008
Akaroa is the playground of the Christchurch crowd. The French influence is barely noticeable apart from naming streets and restaurants cashing in on for tourism purposes to give themselves a touch of class and elegance.
Gary Sauer-Thompson, Akaroa, South Island, New Zealand, 2008
I am able to sit in the touristy Akaroa holiday park in the Britz van in the caravan park and produce this blog using a wireless internet connection. I presume that the wi-fi is 802.11---ie., a local area network that offers coverage over a radius of 10 to 40 metres---that is similar to that used by coffee shops, hotels, airport lounges and homes, which generally use 802.11g, which is capable of shifting up to 54 megabits of data per second (though in practice, speeds are usually a good deal slower).
Gary Sauer-Thompson, Akaroa Holiday Park, New Zealand, 2008
It is raining, the mist hangs around the hills and it is very still. I am surrounded by my memories of childhood holidays in Akaroa.
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