Good bye to the North Island!

When I left Kauri Glen Farms, I headed up to Auckland to spend a couple days with Judith, my friend from N. Ireland who we met on the Kiwi Experience bus. Judith works as an au pere in West Auckland and is working on becoming transferring her nursing accreditation from home to work in New Zealand permanently. We hung out in the city for the weekend, cruising around, doing some shopping and hanging out with her friend Karu. They dropped me off at the airport for my flight to Christchurch, and I was sad to leave. I've been very fortunate to have met such wonderful people (like Judith) during my travels, and I can't wait to see her again in the future.

I left the North Island that evening, hopping on a flight down to Christchurch to meet with Jackie and Morgan. After 3 weeks of not seeing them, it was such a sweet little reunion. And to my complete surprise, Sparrow jumped out from behind some benches, I had no idea that he had been with them!

The four of us hung out in Ashburton for the weekend, where Jackie and Morgan were staying while they worked construction in Christchurch. On Sunday night we drove Sparrow down to Geraldine to the Hargreaves' cattle station, where he stayed for the week. And on Monday morning Jackie and Morgan dropped me off in between Lincoln and Tai Tapu for my week at Tahora Farms, just south of Christchurch. After a quick weekend together, we were all splitting up again! More amazing adventures to be had here in New Zealand, that's for sure!