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... Andrew who made this experience ever the better for being there with me. I thought I would come away from the experience elated - and I did. It was the most amazing 45 minutes of my life. But I also came away a little blue and reflective as I thought of my papa and I hope he is proud of me. I would reccomend this experience to everyone in the world - it is something that must be done before you die. I will never ever forget this day as long as I live.

Drove into Christchurch again to the 'Science Alive' kids museum. Josh and Kate had a great time exploring all the exhibits, but they wouldn't go down the nearly vertical slide (don't blame them! Fred did tho...) or go on the gyroscope. They both enjoyed the wall climbing there and had a number of turns each. Afterwards we picked up the 5th wheel from the campground and drove to Kaikoura where we stayed at another NZMCA P.O.P.

Tena koutou, hello! We are now in New Zealand, home of the All Blacks and the haka. This is the Maori legend of New Zealand...... "Maui was a demi-god, who lived in Hawaiiki. He possessed magic powers that not all of his family knew about. One day when he was very young, he hid in the bottom of his brothers' boat in order to go out fishing with them. Once out at sea, Maui was discovered by his brothers, but they were not able to take him back to shore as Maui made use of his magic powers ...

... fear Dusty was here! (Dusty could have possibly been the best driver we had for the whole trip, he was a really good guy, swore like a trooper and said 'Sweet As' all the time!) Any hoo we got there, and went thru the motions, got all geared up and watched all the safety bumf and headed out to the boats! Things were looking good, it was a little windy, so we were worried, but we remained possitive! Then the next ...

Journal pour jeudi le 12 fevrier Jogging sur le bord de la mer ce matin... l'air retrait a plein poumon! Bon je suis inscrit pour un cours de plongee dans deux semaines, debutant le 2 mars. Il faudra donc que je revienne dans le secteur. Pas de place avent quelques jours pour aller nager avec les dauphins. (C'est une autre espece, plus grosse, qui saute par dessus le monde, on me dit que ca vaut vraiment la peine mais qu'il faut reserver plusieurs jours a l ...

... tastings rather than the free ones, which enabled us to try better vintages and more premium wines, flashpacking gits that we are ;) <br><br> <br><br>This area is particularly well-known for its whites, particularly the ...

... oystercatchers guarding chicks in various stages of<br>fluffiness.Tomorrow we're off to the Marlborough Sounds where the owner<br>of Anakiwa Backpackers says she remembers us and looks forward to<br>seeing us again. Forecast looks better later in the week so we'll be<br>parking up the car and checking out the southern end of the Queen<br>Charlotte Track. <br><br>Nearly four months to go here, yippee!lots of love from the other side of the globe

... dem Tor zum Abel Tasman National Park. Wir haben uns den Wolf organisiert, um dann einen Tag die Kueste mit dem Kajak abzupaddeln (der Tag ist leider ins Wasser gefallen), und dann zwei weitere Tage an den tuerkisen Kuesten und feinen Sandstraenden entlang zu wandern und uns dann per Wassertaxi (diesmal trotz meterhoher Wellen keine Seekrankheit) wieder an den Ausgangsort zurueckverfrachtet zu werden. Traurig zu sehen, dass der 3-Tage Marsch nur einer ...