Well, we eventually got to go whale watching and it was awesome. It took a good hour to find one but when we did we got to see 2 sperm whales and a humpback. ACE! We even got the legendary tail shot when they dived into the deeps to feed. Very memorable. So now heading back to Auckland to drop the wheels off and head to the sunnier shores of Fiji- hooray xxxx

We took the interislander from Wellington to Picton on the south island and it was exciting coz it felt like we were going to another country. When we arrived on the South island, it was like we were in another country. The scenery was really different with beautiful snow capped mountains and rolling hills surrounding us for the entire journey to our first destination, Kaikoura. We had planned to go whale watching in Kaikoura but the weather was too bad so t...