Wednesday 27 - Wasn't sure I could possibly beat the day I had yesterday, but was determined to give it a go!! Had arranged to go swimming with dolphins today at 12.30 pm. The weather wasn't as good today, but as long as I saw dolphins I didn't mind. Arrived at 'Dolphin Encounter' and was given a wet suit. It was so tight I could hardly breathe, but it was very warm which was the main thing. Before we set off we had to watch a briefing video, giving us info...

Sunday 24th - The ferry trip over to the south island took 3 hours and was very pretty, but the weather was crap. Picton is ok, but I wouldn't want to spend anymore than a day there. Monday 25th - I got the bus to Kaikoura. The weather here is also crap, but they think it might improve tomorrow. Went on a really long walk over to the Kaikoura penisular where there is a seal colony. It was a 5km trek just to reach the start of the walk. There were sea...