Day 4 Christchurch, New Zealand This morning we got to sleep in, yes!After Easter service at the Cathedral, mom decided that we would celebrate my birthday today because tomorrow and Tuesday (my real birthday) we will busy traveling and swimming with the dolphins. Due to the difficultness of bringing presents, mom had everyone write me birthday cards so I would have something to open. It was so much fun opening the cards. Being 12,000 miles away, my family and...

Day 3 Christchurch, New Zealand Wakeup was at 7am this morning. We had brekky at Element, the restaurant connected to the hotel. Aunt Christine and I had the French toast, and this was no ordinary French toast. Well for $15, it better be special. Most of the food we've gotten here is dressed up and presented in a very fancy show. Three narrow strips of bread stacked on top of one another, with two half pieces of banana that have been grilled, with two folded p...

Day 2 Christchurch, New Zealand This morning we got up at 6:30am and had brekky at Maccers. Next door in a giant green building, which used to be a meat or diary plant, is the headquarters for Wildwest Adventure - the river rafting tubing activity. We were also with an older couple from Britain who have lived in Christchurch for the past 3 years, and this Japanese kid who didn't speak English very well. He's been studying here for the past 10 months and is at ...

Day 1 Greymouth, New Zealand Yesterday went as follows: OLATS tute at 9am. Took the Bendigo Route 11 bus to the Bendigo train station, took the train to Melbourne, took the Melbourne Sky Bus to the Melbourne airport, and then the plane from Melbourne to Christchurch. Got picked up by the mum and the auntie. And finally to the hotel room which overlooks Christchurch's town square. Neato. So much traveling, so tired. Today we traveled three hours across the cou...

Day 49 Back in Bendigo, Victoria Australia I slept so well last night. I just wanted to stay in bed forever. After breaky we went back to our site that we were at yesterday and finished weeding. Weeding didn't take long.I was surprised on how it wasn't that hot out, and being under a canopy I never broke a sweat. We finished in about 30 minutes and went back to the ocean to chill. I tried taking some artsy pictures with my point-and-shoot but I wish I had my S...