Monday (16th October, my birthday) arrived with no fanfare. We had a quick breakfast and checked out of the hotel, then began our six hour drive northwest to Nelson. About 30 minutes outside of Christchurch the suburbs disappeared, and so did the sun. We drove inland over the mountains through gorgeous scenery, and rarely saw a car or another person. The weather was crazy-sunny one minute, snowing the next, then pouring rain or hailing. The mountains were snowcapped and everything was so crisp in the cold air, quite a change from Bangkok. We drove through Lewis Pass, the northernmost of three passes from the east to west coasts which are separated by a mountain chain running the full length of the island. We stopped for a quick lunch at a thermal springs resort at the Pass, and arrived at our hotel near Nelson, the Lodge at Paratiho Farms, around 3.
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Is that Mordor off to the East?
Have I used the Mordor comment in my blog yet? I keep thinking about it and forgetting.
nope. and now you don't have to
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