Hokitika to Christchurch, The Great Alpine Highway

On Monday, April 11, we had a chance to take our time before heading back to Christchurch. We took off at about 10AM and headed for the Great Alpine Highway. This road heads into the Southern Alps through Arthur's Pass and on into Christchurch. Gorgeous scenery!

Cute little place in Arthur's Pass

Who is that hot -looking guy?

We made it back to Christchurch and went straight to the airport to catch our flight back to Sydney. We drove 6 hours on Friday, 7 hours on Sunday and 3 1/2 hours on Monday! A lot of driving! A lot of it was on curvy roads, lots of going up and down hills. And, the South Island is not very heavily populated! There were so many bridges, like in the following picture, that were 1 lane only.

You have to be prepared to "give way"! The following pictures we took just to prove that we actually did drive a car with the steering wheel on the right side, and drove the car on the left side of the road!

We lived to tell the story of our trip to New Zealand's South Island!!!!