Yet, another train ride. Larry never gets tired of it. This one was booked a long time ago. It is reputed to be one of the most scenic railroad trips in the world. We went up the Southern Alps through Arthur'S Pass. The trip goes from east to west South Island and finished in Greymouth. A helicopter was following us and filming the trip for publicity. He was awfully close to us. We had already been to Greymouth by car, so decided to get off at the town of Arthur's Pass and do some hiking. It is a one-horse town with 1 restaurant and 1 cafe. We went on one small hike to see some falls and then had lunch.. I seem to have lost my enthusiasm for exploring and hiking. I think it is because I'm thinking of home and can hardly wait to get on the first of four planes to get there.
Our return train doesn't arrive for 3 hours, so we will have to go on another walk or something to bide our time.
L here, it was a very spectacular ride up here, we're at 1,000' asl. It looks a lot like Rodgers Pass, flat pass with 3,000 foot rises on both sides. The train leaves here westbound via an eight k tunnel. Lots of trampers around here. Tomorrow is our last day to sleep in. We were up at 6:30 today. Big dinner at a fancy restaurant tonight to acknowledge the chefs hard work these last ten weeks. We'll have half a day tomorrow to see what's left of downtown Christchurch, I guess it's one big construction site. The pics that follow were taken on the way up here.
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