Sunday 7th March 2004, Day 176/366 - Motueka, New Zealand to Christchurch, New Zealand

Took the inland route back to Christchurch down through the Lewis Pass. This trip wasn't as good as the last one. I think the north was more populated and really we spent too much time in the car. The scenary was beautiful. We managed to cover 1200 km's. It didn't help that my car broke down 100 km's outside of Christchurch. It had overheated and I thought I could nurse it all the way home. Luckily a nice man saw us stranded and pulled over and helped. I'd split a water pipe to the radiator and lost pretty much all the water in the radiator. It's a good job he was a mechanic as he did all the right things and I managed to get the car back home.