On Day two, I left Christchurch and started out on the TranzAlpine train to Greymouth.
It was raining quite heavily as we started off. It had been absolutely chucking it down since I arrived but 5 minutes into the journey, I could see blue sky. It probably pleased the very early morning lady of the night we saw from our taxi as we made our way to the station at 07:20. She did have her thigh high, bright red PVC boots on though, so she was probably prepared for the rain!
The train journey was spectacular and gave the opportunity to see towns and villages from a different perspective. It also gave me my first impression of how vast and under populated New Zealand is. We passed through a small town of Sheffield, population 150. There was no one there.
We stopped briefly at Cass. It was once a thriving community. Now there is just Barry, managing the train depot. Barry has a lot of time on his hands. He has built his own little mini golf course. Barry does not play golf.
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