Well when we last left you we had just finished our journey up the west coast of the South Island and were headed east, then south again. Well we’ve finished out that journey. We met up with some rain and a cold on my part and the last week of our trip wasn’t as “exciting” as the first two weeks. Our plan for Blenheim was to go see the vineyards and wineries, it rained. Then on to Kaikoura for a night with no expectations really. So we visited the boardwalk and did some shopping.
The big excitement in Kaikoura was an email from my mom that my niece, Reese Beyer Wheat had decided to make her appearance. So I had to track down the appropriate calling cards to make a call back to the states to talk to my brother and sister-in-law. Everyone is well, although Lara and Reese arrived home in a blizzard on Saturday.
From Kaikoura it was on to Oamaru where I was sick so we didn’t do much then Sunday it was back to Dunedin. Easier said than done. The bus was an hour and a half late- and when you’re sitting at a picnic table waiting, there are no monitors to tell you how late he’s going to be, you just wait. So we did. Then once everyone was boarded, the uniformed driver- decked out like an airline pilot, handed the keys and driver’s seat over to a driver who was donned in only a logo-ed polo shirt and obviously had never driven the route (drove right past stops) and wasn’t familiar with the bus. Really weird. But we finally arrived back in Dunedin, same hostel as before, different room. Emrys is back in class and I’m doing internet stuff- back under the reign of free internet at the university. Its nice to be in one place for a few days again!
~sjt
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