Day 1

Why pay for a hotel when you can sleep on the airport floor? You actually get sleep! That's why!
With my two hours sleep and Loko's four we caught the shuttle to pick up the car. A sixy rid daihatsu hitchbick. It conjures images of a shaved hamster and has a horn similar to that of a mouse sighing. We started heading to Arthur's Pass, on the way stopping at a lake so I could wake myself up in the freezing water. See below for lake image including me and my most flattering undies. Approaching Arthur's Pass someone signalled us to tell us the pass was closed so headed back almost to Christchurch to take the Lewis Pass already with a death toll of two as we were attacked by suicide birds.
We're about to drive via the Lewis pass to greymouth (slight change of plan) but all in all we're doing well so far.

Summing up:
1. Everything is backwards
2. Already killed 2 birds, although they had it coming
3. Everything that is written on the road for information regarding upcoming obstacles must be shouted at the top of our lungs.
4. Kiwis copy off us a lot.