I've had an interesting past few days/week--I've spotted at multiple different areas on the bus including Wellington, the town I was considering living in. Though I had fun with the people I met, some places were a bit disappointing. Wellington sadly was not very interesting and it is normally quite windy (one of the top windiest cities) and rainy, so I decided not to stay there and will decide where to stay after my south island excursion. I went to Tangariro Crossing in a national park, but it was snowed in so we couldn't take what is considered the best one-day hike in the world.
On the bright side, I traveled with an very fun Irish friend, Neil, to the south island on a 3 hour ferry (enough time for plenty of people to get seasick) and the south island is quite gorgeous. We spent 5 days in Abel Tasman, a gorgeous national park. The first day, we took a 5 hour hike and sadly, the next day my foot started hurting and 3 days later at the doctor's, I was given the diagnosis of a bad case of plantar fascilitis, so I have to spent 5 days off it, which feels like an eternity in traveling time. It's also frustrating because I'm now in Franz Josef, a town with a nifty glacier, and I can't go see it since it's a bit of a hike. So, it's been ups and downs, but I've met some cool people who are helping take care of me while I'm gimp (for about the 8th time in my life), which is keeping my spirits up. It's quite frustrating being out of commission on a big trip, but hopefully it'll pass soon. I will write more later when I'm hopefully healed and have more interesting info!
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