From then till now...

So it seems it's been a bit longer than I realised since I last updated!

Mum and Dad have been and gone! They arrived in Welly in absolutely horrific weather and I was expecting a very grumpy pair of travellers but they were actually amazingly happy - probably just to get off the plane! I had a great two weeks with them, highlights including:

-Swimming with dolphins in Kaikoura
-Watching Yellow-eyed penguins in Otago
-Climbing Franz Josef glacier
-Billy Connolly in Taupo

and many other things. Obviously it was pretty hard to say goodbye to them and to Tomek, but so good to see them all! Another hard goodbye was to Anne and Ian! They've been wonderful hosts for us over here and i was sad to leave their lovely house (and cat) behind!

Unfortunately, for the last few weeks, James has been rather poorly with glandular fever, although he's back up on his feet now. Because he ended up having to miss the North Island we're currently split up! I'm now down in Christchurch, having been kayaking in the Abel Tasman National Park for 3 days, and he's off exploring by himself. On Monday I go to do 2 weeks of conservation volunteering on the west coast of the South Island, and after that's finished I'll meet up with James in Queenstown. Busy busy!

Not much time to do an update so I'm sorry it's all a bit vague!

Katy xxx