Well i still do not understand the weather here, today was great it was really hot and we were back in shorts! We thought as we haven't had any hot days in a while we would just stay on the beach. At about lunch time we were still on the beach and i turned around to see Lisa and Laura walking towards us!! it was really strange, they were just passing through to do some whale watching. We are meeting with them again on Monday.

Well the weather was not so good today, there are mountains all around here and if we had of arrived today we wouldn't of known they were there, the cloud was so low. We took a walk this afternoon along the beach, we thought we might see some dolphins in the distance but we had no luck, we headed back as it started to rain!

We had to get up really early this morning our bus picked us up at 7.30am. When we got on the bus i heard my name called out and turned around and it was Rob who was on our Bangkok to Singapore trip, had a nice chat with him about everything we've all been up to. Once in Kaikoura we got dropped off at our hostel then we headed off for some whale watching! It was really good, we got to see four sperm whales and hundreds of dolphins! In the evening we met up wi...

Well last day in Christchurch and we thought it was time we had a look round the shops. We stopped for lunch at a pub and then headed for Cathedral Square to see the Wizard (a man who dresses up in a cape and rambles on about his day to day business!). Much to our disapointment he wasn't there! Everyone told us he is always there but i guess he must take the whole of Easter off.

Today was much more productive, after lunch we caught a bus to the town of Lyttleton and took a ride on the Gondola. We got a fantastic view from the top of Christchurch and the Southern Alps. Its was a really clear day so hopefully the photos should come out well. It was a lot colder at the top so we had a hot chocolate in the cafe.