After a quick shopping spree at Hokitika’s premium merino-and-possum-wear shop we set out on our last car ride, this time time to Christchurch. We paralleled for a while next to the TraNZ Alpine train, a ride I’ve always wanted to take.
We then stopped at an old stagecoach hotel stuffed with amusing curiosities. Any place that features a Laurel and Hardy set of figurines is my kind of place, but there was much more.
Note the Maxim Gun tossed in a corner along with its accompanying belt. Maxim, of Hugenot descent and born in 1840 in Sangerville Maine, ended up in England.
But wait, there was more.
We wound through high passes and sharp curves while the stunning scenery rolled by.
We dumped the car at the airport and started in arranging our luggage for tomorrow’s flight to Auckland.
The day wrapped up with another milestone: Lester’s first time in a Japanese restaurant where we were served by a lovely waitress who explained that she was half Chinese and half Maori. Quite a combination! And Lester liked the food!
Kenway Goes South 
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