Its hard to believe but tomorrow we leave to go home. Its been a long and crazy trip, and we have had a ton of fun. I guess its time to go home and return to the real world of jobs. Oh well, we will do this again.
Since our last update on caves and waterfalls, we have been busy. Two days ago after posting, we went back to our hostel and saw a sea lion on a nearby sand bar. We went out and were blown away to see an adult sea lion playing with a younger one. It was awesome watching them frolic. Too bad the battery on our camera was dead! We saw them again later, and got some good snaps.
Yesterday, we drove up to Oamaru and saw the blue penguins. We watched them arrive in their urban nest with several tour groups and loads of other people. It wasn’t as cool as the yellow penguin sighting, but still very entertaining. Those buggers are just plain silly looking. We stayed at a nice hostel with alpacas, which we fed earlier in the day.
Today, we drove up to Christchurch and did a Maori, the semi-indigenous people, show. It was quite good……then we had several drinks at a nearby bar along with dinner.
We are both sad that we are leaving.
i look forward to pizza bread, beer and football.
We, your fans, friends and family, have enjoyed your adventure along with you. As family, your blog gave us a sense of always knowing where you were and that you were safe, eating well and having a good time.
Your photos were delightful and showed us how wonderful and diverse our world is. We look forward to your return and hearing the stories you will tell.
love
mom, dad, pj and wags.