Got a coach to belnheim today to visit emmas uncles sister (from when her grandparents went to live in nz) roseanne picked us up from teh bus sattion and took us home via a lovely little park that was all lit up in coloured lights so it looked like some kind of fairy wonderland. was odd to be in a home again. we had our own rooms, and bathrooms. you could get changed in your rooms and not in teh tiolet. we also were sleeping in roomson our own for the first time ...

this morning we got up and went to the dolphion enxounter center where we were handed all sorts of gear and told to suit up. we had 2 peice wetsiuts and flippers and balaclaver type wetsiiut hood and snorkles and gloves and sock things. we looked amazing. after watching a video about what we were going to do etc. and how to atract the dolphins to take an intrest in you, (we had to sing to them and dive down into the water and make eye contact and look dolphin sha...

this weekend we got a bus to kaikoura at 4 on the saturday which i got to just in time after work. we followed the caost and passed over some hills to get there. stopping at a very small town on the way. (considered buying an icecream but didn't ) kaikoura is breathtaking. snow capped mountains and sea. its the northern end of the southern alps you see. went for a walk along the beach colecting stones with holes in them and watched the sunset. stayed at a ver...

hello everyone, the place where my marker is is where i work at the chateua on the park, in housekeeping claening rooms, washing bathrooms and making beds. i even get to wheel around one of those trollys and have my own set of master keys (which hang round my neck on a soul survivor lanyard) weekend before last we went to greymouth on the transalpine train, was stunning. last weekend we went to akaroa for the day, also very beautiful and quite french. next weeken...

this weekend we went to akaroa for the day. we got a small bus which stopped every so often to take pictures. akaroa is in the banks penisular and conolised mostly by the french. has a very interesting history which we learnt about in this small but perfectly charming museum. had another icecream and got the bus back home.