Dunedin and the hitchhiking hiatus

We made it into Dunedin in the morning and found the market which held within it a pearl of gastronomic vegan excellence, that is "The joyful vegan" which makes you second guess any preconceptions you may have had about an animal free diet being healthy. Dunedin, I must say is one of the more historically interesting cities in New Zealand, with much more old-european style architecture than the rest of the country. We met up with another old friend in the form of Sammy the funny french man as well as relatively new friends Came, Estel, Nikolaus and Manuel. Marion and I, along with our four new friends were graciously hosted by Caroline who showed us the world's steepest street! The following morning we toured the Otago peninsula in Caroline's car and saw seals and sealions and beautiful beaches.

Seal; McVegan; Sinclare beach

After filling our bellies with fast food, Marion and I hitchhiked to a campsite that was full of familiar faces. You can only really tour the South Island in one direction or the other I suppose. We spent some time on the beach with the French couple Came and Estelle, had some drinks with the various campers (probably about 20) and went to bed. The morning came, and we decided to start making our way north. The aforementioned Czechs Matej and Ondra (see a previous post) decided to take us that direction in convoy with the French and their German chauffeurs and a further German by the name of Lucas who had given Marion a crepe earlier that morning. Thus was formed the International Gypsey Family and the longest time out from thumbing began.