Last week on the South Island

Hello everyone,

Karina and I are great. We have been enjoying ourselves since Christchurch. Christchurch was cool. We went our for Korean food with John on our last night together and had some Galbi and it brought back some great memories. Then, we got a lift up from Christchurch to Kaikoura from John and said good-bye to him for who knows how long. We hope to see him soon. He has some great adventures coming up in Kenya and the Middle East. We wish him the best of luck and can't wait to hook up with him some time soon.

In Kaikoura, we planned the last few days on the south island. We have a bout 5 days left here and 8 days in NZ. We also went kayak on the ocean and saw some fur seals. They were beautiful animals. We were about two meters from them, watching them swim around and lounge around in the sun. There favorite past time by the way. It was cool to be in the ocean in a kayak although we weren't used to all the waves. It's not the same as on a lake.We walk around the small small city and saw some of the first whaling buildings. We enjoyed ourselves.

We are now on the last leg of our trip. We take the train up from Kaikoura to Picton. The train was fun and different. It beats the bus cause you walk around a little. The scenery was amazing along the east coast and now we are going to visit the Marlborough sounds for a few days. We are going to walk and bike the Queen Charlottes trail. This will be cool because we are going to take a boat ride up to Ships Cove and then bike back 1 day and then walk back the rest. It will be easier then Abel Tasman because we won't have to carry our big bags the whole way. The boat company transfers our bags to our next camping site. Then we leave for Wellington on the 12 and spend a few days with Lou and Jay. Then off to Ausltalia.

I hope everyone is enjoying the Easter holidays. It's a little tough on us because we miss our family and friends and would like to be with you all but we know you would rather be in our position.


Happy Easter everyone,

Karina and Christian