Journey to the West – Part 1 : From Christchurch to Hokitika.

We have gone down South, to the west coast of South New Zealand.

We took a flight to Christchurch and drove across the south island to its other side to Hokitika.

It was a 3.5 hours drive across the island and it was totally worth the effort because we cut right through the mountains at Arthur’s Pass.

The entire way looked like this -

It was spectacular. Snow peaked mountains surrounded us as we made our way to our destination.

It was freaking cold, but we still couldn’t resist stopping by the road to get a picture together.

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