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Drive to Kaikoura
The weather was still grotty when we left Akaroa but by the time we had reached Kaikoura (a 4 hour drive) it had stopped raining and started to brighten up. After first trying to check in at the wrong apartments, we found Endeavour Heights - a very nice modern self contained apartment perched high on the hill overlooking Kaikoura with views from …
Kaikoura
The day started with breakfast (mueslii, fresh fruit, yoghurt, croissants, jam and toasted fruit bread delivered by our hosts) sitting on the balcony looking at the view. The sea looked calmer than the previous day and the sun was shining. We decided to investigate the whale watching options. The cruises (2-3 hours including coach transfer to the …
Happy Birthday Justine
... but he would be there asap. To cut a long story short, we hung around until 3pm. When the part finally showed up, the mechanic was really busy and told us it wouldn't be ready until at least 7pm. At this point, we'd had enough. I called the rental company and demanded they put us up in a hotel for the night. To our surprise they offered that straight away and gave us a $250 budget for a room, including breakfast and they would also refund us for two days rental.
So the following ...
Dolphin Swimming
... I had to strip off. About 5 minutes after getting on the boat everyone else got back on so I didn't feel like I had missed out at all. Once we were all dry it was time for hot chocolate & biscuits. Whilst we drank our hot chocolate the skipper went in search of Dolphins for us to spot & take pictures from the surface. Now those pesky Dolphins were playing up again & were not staying near the boat. The most we got to see were about 6 in a group. On ...
Sleepless nights but great days
... beach, playing until their mums come back to feed them. They are so cute, and their playing reminds me of dog puppies. Another day, after a woman told us how brilliant her dolphin swim was I decided to go myself. There was about 16 people split between two boats that kept about half a mile distance from each other, and it took about 2 hours to find the dolphins as they had 'gone south' for the day. On the way I went up to the captains deck to get a better view and a royal ...
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