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One word to describe today would be AWESOME!
We arrived at the youth hostel in Kaikoura yesterday afternoon and went and explored the town before going out for a really nice pub dinner! The hostel is so nice and has such amazing views of the sea and the mountains!
This morning we got up early to go whale watching! We went on a 2.5 hour boat ride out to sea in search of some whales! Pretty early on we saw one sperm whale dive under which was cool and we got some great pictures! Then we located another one under the sea about to surface, so we waited, and waited... And waited! And finally after half an hour another sperm whale surfaced and remained above water for about 10 minutes before diving under. We were so close to this whale which was really really cool and we go so many amazing pictures of the whale diving under.
Then in the afternoon we walked around the peninsula to see the oldest building in Kaikoura, Ffye House which is an old whaler house built on some whale bones. It was really pretty and cute. Then we carried on walking around the shore until we reached the seal colony where we saw some seals up close, they were all calm and sleeping so we got some more great pictures!
Then we walked back to the hostel and made ourselves a really yummy dinner! Now we are about to watch a New Zealand movie before our busy day to Christchurch tomorrow!
Much love, Soph x
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