It is the morning of our 4th day here, but we have already been through a lot! We first arrived with none of our bags and the bus dropped us off at the wrong location, so since we then had to walk about 12 blocks to our house it was nice to only have our carry on bags with us. Day one we got a lot done, got a phone, bank accounts opened, found a grocery store and started car shopping. We have come across so many nice people here, we had a flat tire yesterday and stopped at a gas station for directions and someone stopped just to make sure we knew we had a flat tire!
We made freinds with a very interesting and friendly older couple from south England. They lived on a sailboat for 9 years and had planned to travel NZ by bus like us but when they arrived it was to cold so they bailed and have been taking trains. They also showed us where we could get great cheap meals.
We had our first climbing adventure yesterday. The location was outstanding, it was on the coast and the trees were huge. probably the pretiest hike i've ever taken. The climbing was fun but many of the routes were blocked because the tide was up. We have both gotten very sunburnt over the last two days..... Today it is raining and i think this is good, it will force us to stay inside and look for work and plan out our next move. We need to do these things, we are homeless in 4 days!
