Well, we have had a fun and varied time in Kaikora!. This is a small coastal town a few hours north of Christchurch. The scenery is beautiful here -sea, sand, snow peaked mountains, waves breaking on rocks, sun sparkling on the sea etc......We had a few lovely walks along the seafront to the town, saw some seals,had a look round the shops, had fish and chips as well as a 'footballers pie'!?! This is like a flan filled with veg and meat etc.
A highlight of our stay was the boat trip to see the dolphins. The weather is quite changeable here. Given that our 1st day was sunny and calm, we thought it would be like that on the boat trip. However it was actually very rocky, windy and rather wet! Apparantly it was rather touch a go as to whether we would be able to go out. Kay and myself watched from the boat. The dolphins were amazing but it was really difficult to get good photos of them, partly cause of the weather, partly because they moved so fast! The swimmers were in wetsuits and snorkles and were told that to attract the dolphins they were supposed to act like them! This included them diving down, swimming in circles and making noises!! I think everyone on the boat had fun though about half were sick (including poor kay!). Thankfully there were plenty of buckets close at hand!!
We are of to Nelson tomorrow!
right -back to the quiz- answer to the last question -population of NZ is 4.4 million.
Next question -how long is a dolphin pregnant for?
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We having been continuing to look at 1 peter which has been a real blessing.: (1 peter 122-23)
'love one another earnestly from a pure heart, since you have been born again, not of perishable seed but imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God'. What a priviledge and how encouraging!!
speak soon,
miss you all
lots of love Anne and Kay xxx
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