Today = Kayak-day! We are going on a kayak-trip through the Abel Tasman national park! Named after the Dutch guy thay "discovered" New Zealand and was responsible for naming it after the province where he was from in The Netherlands. In pictures this park is alway sunny and nice; in reality (or at least today) it was cold and rainy . A bit disappointed we start our tour, and once we are in the kayak it is not that bad afterall, especially when we nea...

Today we have an early rise to go to Nelson. This tour often starts very early!! After spending the morning in the bus, we stop at Kaikoura for lunch and seal watching; they like to relax on the rock close to the beach. It is really cool to see seals, and the scenery is very nice as well. After this we go on a nice walk along the coast which really treats us to a superb view. Near the end of the trip we see that our path has disappeared due to a landslide, somet...