Christchurch Before the Ice

The weather in Antarctica went south so to speak, making it impossible for us to fly down there, so we made the best of a great situation (getting paid per diem and a wage to hang out in Christchurch) and rented a car. Sadly, my memory card bit the dust and I was only able to recover a few of the photos of our adventures.

Countryside and mountains around Arthur's Pass

Hanging out on the Castle Hill rocks
The gang
View from Castle Hill
Took a bus down to the South Brighton beach and saw a wide variety of wind driven machines This guy was by far whipping off the best tricks. He's riding a mountain board with a kite attached to his body.
On the last day in town we headed off to the local go-cart racing track. The sign said "Persons caught drifting, running into barriers or other cars will be given one warning before being told to leave." We hit the track with ten people, and it became a non stop high speed drifting bumper car race - thankfully I made it out uninjured.