Jack and Niamh's Sabbatical Adventures

Leaving New Zealand

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New Zealand was awesome, it’s a massive, largely empty country and the best bits were definitely outside the cities. 3 Weeks definitely wasn’t enough.

The great thing about a road trip is that you can do whatever the roadside signs tell you to do and take a detour to try the world’s best blueberry muffin, or buy some wearable felt art, or feed some wallabies
Towns in New Zealand love to have massive statues to let you know what they’re all about like Rakaia’s Iconic Salmon
We got to stay at some incredible campsites, comfort levels were a little low compared to the hotels but the locations made it worth it. We didn’t get completely eaten alive by sandflies, I think as per usual I bore the brunt of the blood loss. Our final campsite had a giant tree walk, the Maori would make 100-person canoes out of these trees
Niamh bought wool in the wrong format and had to spend about half an hour winding it into a ball
We had enough leg room for the 11 hour flight to Tokyo, we’ve gone back a season from Summer to Spring and I’m not sure I’m ready to be cold again

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