Bye Bye Rita, Its Been Fun

Today we said goodbye to our van, Rita.  She went to a good home. 

Since I last wrote we've been driving along the south and southeast coast of the south island.  We spent a few days in the Catlins and saw yellow eyed penguins, hector's dolphins and got some good camping in.  After that we went to Dunedin for a few days, I got a few yoga classes in with Emma at the best little yoga studio in town and we went out to the Otago Peninsula to see some albatross.  It was a great week and a half.  We are now in Christchurch.  We've sold the van and are beginning to plan the rest of our trip.  We'll be flying to Auckland in the next few days and staying for a little while, visiting friends and hanging out for our final days in this amazing country.  After that we are probably off to Thailand and then Europe before hitting the East Coast of the states to visit some family and sleep on some friend's floors (you know who you are, love you!).

We are officially backpackers once again, it feels pretty damn good.

Love to you all,
Kaitlyn