You wouldn't want to travel anywhere by road with me. I hate being in a hurry to drive anywhere. Most people round here will tell you they can drive to Christchurch from Nelson in around 5 hours. On my way home yesterday afternoon it took me just over 8 eight hours; a pretty hot time for me.
If I'm in a hurry, I can't stop. If I can't stop, I can't take photos. If I can't take photos, I'd rather walk. I just can't understand how people can fly through the Lewis Pass in the late afternoon sun at 120kph, and not (at least) slow down for the views.
Me, I'm stopping every kilometer to get another shot. I have about 120 'keepers' from the weekend, to offload from the camera tonight, so look out later on for some views from the road. Also heaps of kite buggy/surf/board shots from the Kitesport event on South New Brighton Beach to come. I'm still working on the old slow windows 98 'backup' computer, so it could take a while :)
In the meantime here is Friday nights sunset. This was the very first photo stop of my drive to Christchurch, and I was only ten minutes from home!
...followed by Saturday mornings sunrise after 6 hours sleep in the van, in a rest area, somewhere one the south side of the Lewis Pass road...
6:51:02 PM 
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