Today we
took a scenic rail journey to Arthur’s Pass by both bus and rail. It was a long day into the interior of the
south island. In late morning we left
the bus and board the Tranz Alpine Express for a spectacular white knuckle ride
through the New Zealand “Alps”. We
thoroughly enjoyed the scenery, commentary and lunch on board the train. The relationship between the Kiwis (New
Zealanders) and the Aussies is interesting.
Sometimes it seems like W.W. III is about to break out but they all say
that they just like to insult each other.
The New Zealand bus driver told us that there is a different cultural
system in Australia…”for starters, you have convicts”. (Of course, that ignited lots of retorts from
the Aussies). Pictures: Arthur’s Pass;
R.R. observation car.
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