White Morph Motor Inn Kaikoura

... to the boat. At the last minute the boat radioed the coach driver to say that he had to cancel the trip as the wind was getting up and the sea was too rough - we were a bit disappointed but decided to put it on our list for the next visit (am still persuading Jason that we need to return to NZ very soon!)<br>I suspect if we had managed to make the boat we wouldn't have enjoyed it. Although we didnt get sick on the dive boats in Borneo, this looked like it might ...

... straight &#8211; no<br>repeated tones &#8211; take a break and then sing it again. <br><br> <br>The coolest thing was to see the whale<br>blow &#8211; we felt some of its splash which elicited &#8220;oohs and ahhs&#8221;<br>from everyone. Check out the pics! A close second was Mike &#8220;getting<br>green&#8221; again and leaving some extra food for the fish overboard! <br>Completely worth the amazing experience, according to him, though. <br><br><br>

... de ma vie ai-je eu le mal de mer comme ca... a tel point que j'ai eclate en sanglot en plein milieu!!!.... J'ai eu beau essayer de rationaliser tout ca et de me dire que le bateau n'allait pas couler et donc qu'il n'y avait vraiment pas de raisons de se mettre dans un etat pareil.. mais ca n'a rien change.... la mer devient de plus en plus agitee et le bateau s'ecrase sur les vagues pendant le retour... je n'ai pu contenir mes larmes et le peu qui me restait dans ...

... would not normally drink at home but here they are a lot drier and have some wonderful flavours. It was a hot sunny day and just great for cycling quiet roads. Kaikoura - is a seaside 'town'. A Japanese lad and his Thai friend were collecting Paua - also known as abalone, these are under the bull seaweed and can be easily reached at low tide. You do need a wetsuit and snorkel even though you only need to go ...

... you are for your trip to be cancelled because of high seas. DAY 24 and 25 SUNDAY Well, we must have been very good in a past life as once again the weather was perfect. Bright sun and no wind, which was just as well as there was a 6ft swell without it! There were about 50 people on a boat and we all had to sit inside while the boat sped to the places where they expect to find whales. Apparently they are found close to the coast here as ...

... notorious boats for seasickness. There were 2 hostesses whose job it was to distribute sickbags, tissues, and to take away the aftermath. After driving for a time, a whale was sighted. We all rushed outside... I lingered a bit behind as I was queasy and still had not gotten sick. Finally I forced myself out and saw a shape in the distance on the surface of the water. Sometimes you could see more of him, sometimes less depending on the waves. We also ...

... walk was around the Grove Scenic Reserve, lots of jungley stuff between rocks to get to stunning views. the reserve is one of the first in NZ in "project crimson" an initiative to control the possum population.....I leave it to your imagination what that means. Mable : O ) Well if Mac was going to get car sick it was here, not for the faint hearted passesnger. Stunning views all over the place. The walks were fantastic and Mac even had a pie, the ...

... way back to the port we had even better views of the albatrosses, one followed us most of the way back, like a glider with feathers... <br><br> <br><br>When we got back to the dolphin centre we jumped back in the car and ...