La Rochelle Motel Akaroa

... they have 5 'hydroslides'. Very exciting stuff. Oh yes, they decided to dig up the road outside our motel for the last 2 nights, until 5am!! very noisy but Bethany slept all through it. The annoying part was that we were previously only going to stay for 5 nights but extended our stay to 7 because it was nice!! Did the Motelier know....?

First stop of my trip was a very relaxed town called Akaroa. It was very laid back, had a few shops, and a nice beach walk way. I strolled over to where they do dolphin tours in hopes of seeing a few, but no luck. Around supper time, I figured I ...

... which was great! On the way back we were able to take our time and stop off at some of the other popular spots like Mirror lake (it's pretty much what it says on the can) and the chasm (another waterfall). Day 40 We decided to take a tour to see the Glow-worm Grotto today. We went on the 8.30am trip which was basically us and a coach full of pensioners. There was a 30 minute boat ride each way to the glow-worm caves across Lake Te Anau. The entrance to the cave ...

... Coast to Greymouth on the West Coast. We spent nine hours on the train, with a one hour break in the middle. We were picked up at our motel at 8:00 in the morning by our shuttle, and we were dropped off at the Railway station. We got to rest in the lounge for about 20-25 minutes. It was really nice, because some of us had a cold. We boarded the Transalpine train and headed off on our adventure through ...

Journal pour mardi le 10 fevrier L'activite de la journee etait la nage avec les dauphins, de tout petits dauphins, en fait les plus petits au monde, environ 4 pieds de long. Ont les retrouvent seulement dans la region et il en reste environ 7000, ils sont donc proteges. Mais a 08h00 le matin, il fait encore froid et je ne peux pas dire que j'ai bien envie de me tremper dans de l'eau a 15 degres. Et je suis un peu ...

... about 10 styles of jumps you can do which range between 1 and 5 pairs of underpants on the scary scale. She was planning to go off forwards (2 pairs of pants) like you do with a bungee but knowing she could only afford one jump (some people paid for 2 or 3 jumps) she asked which one was the best ... answer: PIN DROP (5 pairs of pants OMG!!!). I ran up to the spectator deck and saw Lois on the edge and within seconds she jumped and disappeared ... I could hear a few ...

... after (we think), being cased by the cops a couple of times because we probably parked too long, we drove around trying to find somewhere to park for the night. Thankfully, our very last night was an excellent view of the sea and harbour and completely free. It just the bathroom issues that you have to worry about...

... to do an extra shift at Verkerks in the factory part packing meat at 10 the same day as well. So I told Jason that I would only be able to stay for 2 hours. FORTUNATELY that was enough! They gave me a job even though I had no expereince making coffee. Hahahah. I work at Mcdonalds. I would NEVER do this at home, but somehow it seems too perfect right now. SWEET AS! The next 8 hours of my day was shot. Standing next to a conveyer belt stacking salami in my ...

... back to go on the gondola. The rest of the group went onto the gondola, so this was the last time I would see them. This was also the last time I would see Chris as he said someone would pick me up from the gondola at 1700 to take me to the tram ride. At 1300 the coach turned up and off we went to Lyttelton. When we arrived at the office of the cruise company the receptionist swapped the chit that Chris had given me for a boarding pass. She then led the group ...

... that I could see them. Darn, murky waters!!! I'll have to try again some other time. Oh, and I have to say the water was cold! The first time I got in I couldn't breath from the cold! Brrr. To think I got in twice more!

After the dolphin swim we saw a bit more of the village, but as the sailing trip had taken longer than we anticipated and we did not have as long as we would like before the bus headed back towards Christchurch.

It is possible to get to Akaroa with a tour ...