Wrong turns mean well

Things to consider while on a road trip in New Zealand:


- it's better to veer left into the grass than right into oncoming traffic
- the driver's door is on the other side
- cold food/drinks are in short supply
- $70 a day is normal... unfortunately
- $70 Kiwi is about $38 US
- when all your money is in Kiwi, the previous comment means nothing
- internet is a rare commodity
- the ratio of town driving to farm driving is about 1:1,000,000. About.
- unexpected places are fun

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Sarah and I are in Dunedin now, towards the south end of the South Island. We got into Christchurch two nights ago, ate a delicious meal with Gail (Emily's host mum), stayed the night at her place, and were off again in the morning. We took a very pleasant scenic drive through the hills of the Banks Peninsula to visit Ashley in the little cove town of Akaroa. A quaint seaside community with little shops and cafes, it was a nice place to chill for lunch.





After leaving the bakery and Ashley, we then headed south towards Dunedin. We tried to stop at the Moeraki boulders, but took a wrong turn and ended up here:

All in all not a bad wrong turn. We chilled here for a sec, ate some dark chocolate covered apricot granola bars, and then continued on to the real location of the Moeraki boulders.

Well, anyway, I need to hurry along as I'm in an internet cafe right now and my hour's almost up. I wanted to do a longer post with more pictures, but this will have to do until next time. We made it to Dunedin yesterday evening and are going to explore a bit today before continuing down south the Bluff, the most southern town on the South Island. Hopefully I can post from there!