All tofu prior to today now seems good...

After killing some time last night, we hit up the food markets. Everything smelled great, and there were so many people and food stalls in attendance.

Dave and Judy kept going on about something called 'Stinky Tofu' and how we had to try it this time. I'm generally keen to try anything once, but now I'm going to have to rethink that policy. Now I'm not one to pick tofu over any meat alternative so I'm already a little biased, but the name didn't do it justice. I don't even think words can do it justice.

Imagine old cabbage stolen out of the neighbours compost bin.

Imagine bottling the smell of a mattress owned by an old, flatulant man.

Imagine every pair of socks and underwear you've ever worn being left to ferment amid the 30 degree hot, humid weather, and then turning a fan on it to spread the goodness around the whole area. Then put it on a plate. Then put it in your mouth. I'm assured it's because this Stinky Tofu actually was shit, and shouldn't be taken to represent all Stinky Tofu. Apparently we have to try a proper, good place before we go, lest my opinion be left to stand.

After some tirimasu Gelato to wash it down, I was encouraged to just pick some meat on a stick to try. Challenge accepted.

I'm told the local nickname for my mystery meat is 'The 7km smell.' I was assured that's because it tastes so good and the smell can attract people from 7km away. It did taste pretty good, despite the meat itself being chicken butt.

We played some games, and I did particularly well with the BBC guns. Won myself a toy. Proud.

After the night market we headed up the hills for a great view of the city at night. The camera on this phone is pretty sweet, so I got some very good shots. If this app didn't crash when I tired to attack have them, you'd probably agree.

This morning we visited Judy's grandparents in preparation for the wedding tomorrow. They're a lovely old couple who've visited Christchurch 4 times, though not since 2003. Her mum and sister joined us, and we had biscuits and juice to bring up lunch time.

After lunch we had a long walk through the park, and are now resting in preparation for dinner. We'll need to make it an early night this time so we're all fresh for tomorrow's wedding.