Today started with the alarm going off at 5.30am as we had to be ready to go whale watching at 6.15am!! During the morning we spotted 3 sperm whales and a\some dusky dolphins. It was really great spotting whales and we were able to get very close to them. Some were about 18m long! Drove back to Christchurch to return Hilda the car in ONE piece! Booked into a hostel and have treated ourselves to a private room for our last 2 nights here. We are looking...

Drove all the way to kaikoura with very achey legs from the glacier walk yesterday. The weather was fab when we arrived and we found a lovely hostel which was actually a bungalow with only 3 bedrooms. It was a nice change to have a bit of space for a change and it was a lot quieter than the usual places. The only draw-back was the fact that we had to share a bed as it was the only room left. But we had no problem in sharing a double, would have been a b...