The Point Bed and Breakfast Kaikoura

... a night in the Adelphi we met up with a couple german friends from Blenheim to do a 2 day hike up MT. Fyffe right outside of Kaikoura. The weather was horrible but we still managed to get up the Mountain and stay in an awesome FREE hut. This was probably the first night in NZ that I didn't have to pay to sleep in haha. It was a 8 bunk hut in the middle of the mountain with a wood burning stove, running water and a decent pooper. We stayed ...

... they still are what with us being in a new millennium and all. It also has really bizarre upholstery please see pictures (random or what!).
Any way I felt bad, all my green credentials are gone, I spent 339days without going in a motor vehicle that wasn’t going anyway and now I’ve hired a car and here was me all alone, burning petrol! Terrible!
So when I saw two hitch hikers, looking for the benefit of my mother like the 30ish ...

... because they were in the wild and they were just playing around with no care in the world. There are also LOADS of seals on the ocean side of the road, pull over almost anywhere and look closely at the rocks and you will see them sleeping!

There was a pretty big New World supermarket in Kaikoura but not much else in the way of shops.

We headed out of Kaikoura the next day for Christchurch to head home.

... to Wellington was just under an hour, and while we were waiting I met up with my soon-to-be flat mate Scott, and started talking with all the the other AustraLearn Students. Flying into Wellington was breath taking. The mountains, the water, the city, words and even pictures cannot describe how beautiful this place really is. We were greeted by our leaders Tom and Bob. Tom is a New Zealand and ...

... ocean, while kite surfers raced by on the ocean. It was fun to dye the eggs right at sunset. Even though the eggs were brown to start, I made a lot of cool colors. When Dad got here, we showed him the cool playground where they have a giant zip line. We all tried it out, even Lu and Mom, and went super fast! New Zealand has some great playgrounds. Yesterday we met a guy ...

... ici semble voyager en camping car, en westfalia ou avec une voiture et une tente comme nous. Tout le monde dors sur les sites interdits et tout le monde se`fait ses toast au bruleur sur le bord de l'autoroute avant de sauter dans les lacs pour se "laver" et repartir vers de nouvelles aventures... Ne vous inquietez pas, prochaine destination Picton, ile Sud pour visiter la cousine de Sabine et surtout prendre une douche! A bientot...

... before 8.30am and high tide. I overtake the 3 young Americans who were in my section of the hut last night. They seem to be having a problem with a pack. I pass Tonga Quarry where large blocks of granite remain from an old quarrying operation. I make it across the golden curve of Onetahune Beach in good time - only 2 sets of footprints ahead of me - as the mist turns to rain and the wind gets up. I'm wet and cold by the time I reach Awaroa and the water taxi pick up point ...

... but such a rush and so so fun.we went through clouds on the way down adn it was freezing, but so fun just freefalling, then when they pull the cord u shoot up and get to take it all in which is almost just as scary. i got to steer us down as well which was harder work than it looks. had a lovely instructor who stopped me having a complete panic attack about it all and so glad i did it.got some great photos and dvd from it too. next day was the tongariro crossing, rated one of ...

... mins before boarding the bus to the docks.

This was our boat, cute eh?



Kaikoura itself is a beautiful little place, neither of us expected it to be so pretty, it was a very pleasant surprise.

Kaikoura, New Zealand al_fey

... een kwartslag draaien, zodat je in een gehurkte stand dwars op het bord komt te staan. Tot dit moment moet je je handen op het surfboard houden en je laat pas los als je de positie goed hebt! Pffffff..... Probeer het zelf maar eens.... :-D (Het kwam dus wel goed uit dat mijn wetsuit zo strak zat, zat er tenminste niets in de weg, hihihi...)
Goed, tijd om het water in te gaan. Eerst gaf David ons nog een duwtje, maar even ...