Inkling of an Itinerary.

I bought a flight from Auckland to Christchurch, one way. It looks like the itinerary will be roughly, two days in Auckland, a flight to Christchurch, and then immediately out of town to Darfield, or another small town in the foothills of the Alps. From there, there is an alpine train across the spine of the island to Greymouth. From Greymouth, I can take a bus trip up the west coast to Picton. From Picton, there's a ferry back to the North Island, to Wellington. From Wellington, I can take trains back to Auckland and fly home.

Eight days in New Zealand. Ahhhh.....