Kincaid Lodge Kaikoura

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... town and picked up a bit of food before retiring to the hostel for a movie and bed.

That day Sebastian and Phillip told us they were coming to Kaikoura too, rather than travel counter-clockwise around the South Island like they had planned, so we had some time to kill the next day before they got there, or so we thought. The only real thing to do in Kaikoura are the whale watching trips, but since the other guys were coming we put it off a day so we ...

... is located kind of in the middle and on both sides of the peninsula there are little bays with subroads leading to them. Akaroa is the main town, from where you can take a summit road presenting the best spots. You get to see very typical kiwi landscape with mountains cut horizontally with a snow line and amazingly colored sea. Very decent good-bye saying.

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... hand, so I couldn't grab hold of my glasses in time, and I lost them while tumbling around in the undercurrent with the kayak. I also got a few bruises as well, but nothing too serious. At that point, I was so cold and just wanted to get to shore, so we just swam to shore and pushed the kayak. When we arrived on shore, my other jandal had already washed up and was waiting for me. However, my glasses never washed up. I did happen to put my one pair of contacts in my ...

... myöhässä, joten taas lähtee valitus ja 6000 euron korvausvaatimus myöhästymisestä... Kuitenkin varattiin kuskilta delfiini-uinti ja valasristeily ja saavutiin "Kouraan" jo kahentoista jälkeen. Snadi kylä, 3500 asukasta ja koko kylä ilmeisesti pyörii aika pitkälti turismilla. Eniten tullaan bongaamaa ja swimmaamaan delfiinien kanssa, sit valaiden pongaus reissulle. Lisäksi löytyy maisemalentoa, hevostelua ja myöskin hylje-uintia! Illalla yritettin pääst ...

... the shoreline seem much further away than it was in reality. So the brothers continued rowing, and once they were far out into the ocean Maui dropped his magic fishhook over the side of the waka. After a while he felt a strong tug on the line. This seemed to be too strong a tug to be any ordinary fish, so Maui called to his brothers for assistance. After much straining and pulling, up suddenly surfaced Te Ika a Maui (the fish of Maui), known today as the North Island of New Zealand ...

... we know we're being told to prepare for the swim and we're queing up at the end of the boat waiting for the signal! This is it this is it....but then there was a problem the dolphins moved direction, we went to follow them and the wind picked up and they said we would have to go back!! Only joking! they sounded the signal and we all dived in! A slight shock was the coldness of the water so i spent most of the ...

... small details which can make a big difference.

We were up and out before 9:30am, and had a good talk through our plans for the next few days in the car before heading off.



As we're right in the hear ...

After being rained on to the point of going into solution for some weeks, it has now been sunny for several days, and here in Kaikoura it is actually hot; we've never known NZ like this! As a result we struck lucky with our weather in Arthur's Pass, so Andy achieved his ambition of the 1100m climb up Avalanche Peak (and managed to defend his lunch from the keas) while we also got to admire the Devils' Punchbowl waterfall and the magnificent ...

... Man kann leicht unterscheiden zwischen den jungen verspielten mit ihrem schelmischen Blick und den alten mit Kampfnarben ueberzogenen, deren Augen eine ungeheure Weisheit ausstrahlen. Danach konnten wir dann vom Boot aus ihre Kapriolen bewundern, wie sie springen, sich in der Luft drehen und ueberschlagen. Wahnsinn! Auf dem Rueckweg bin ich dann an meine Seekrankheit erinnert worden und habe die Fische mit einer ordentliche Portion Magenmuesli fuettern ...