The view from our apartment at Christchurch. We stayed at this place called Mount Hutt Lodge for the first few nights (3 nights). We were supposed to have a view of Mount Hutt itself, but it was too cloudy to see it.

Mount Hutt

View from our apartment taken on a clear morning

The pool at our apartment. We were asking the owners if the pool is heated, and they replied that the only heat it gets, is from the sun. I can't imagine why anybody would want to swim in it because the weather was already freaking cold in the summer!

Mt Hutt Lodge

That's "our" car! And the door to our apartment is the one behind our car. In case you are wondering, our apartment was actually only one level. And thank goodness for that, because it was not fun having to carry all the luggages up the stairs. (Granted, I don't carry the heavy ones) Considering the fact that thoughout the whole 17 nights, we stayed at 12 different motels, we had to lug our baggage in and out of the car almost every day.

Sheep. I saw more sheep than human beings daily while at South Island. The two things that you get to see in NZ more than anything else? Greenery and sheep(:

The deers are really adorable. For some reason, when our car stopped along the road, the deers all came towards the fence and looked at us. It was as if they were welcoming us to their home(: Oh, picture taken from the car. I would have taken a more close up picture but I accidentally (and stupidly) slammed the car door shut while coming out and all the deers ran away):

Rakaia Gorge. Just below Mt Hutt Lodge.

Rakaia. And no we didn't go into the water. Water was damn cold lar!

Old bridge


Rakaia again. It's gorgeous(: