We depart

We finally leave Christchurch in the afternoon, and drive to Kaikoura to stay with Simona's family for one night.

We are TERRIBLY excited, and cannot BELIEVE it is finally happening. We have planned and dreamed this holiday for over a year, and it has arrived.

Excitement uncontainable.

The next day we leave and drive up to Picton, where we stay in a cute little cabin. We have communion on the floor, and Sharyn plays guitar. The car starts to worry us though, it begins to shake alarmingly, and finally we call the AA. We are very worried and upset, although we try to remain calm. We toss around words like 'suspension' and 'drive shaft'.

We don't know what we are talking about.

It turns out to be a bubble in the rear tyre, and after a drunk AA man changes it for $75 we are on our way. Early start...catch the ferry in the morning.



Outside our cute little cabin.



From the ferry - Malborough Sounds...