Eight of us hired out a van and drove up to Kaikoura. It was nice to finally break away from the Kiwi bus and do our own thing! Just before we reached the town we stopped off at a little cafe on the sea front to get some food. Just as we all sat down jenny spotted lots fo dolphins out at sea... there were loads of them and they were all jumping out and doing acrobatics through the water, it was so nice to see them in the wild. Later that day we went whale watching, unfortunately it was really dissapointing. We got to see one sperm whale, but we didnt get that close to it and it only came to the surface for a few seconds, for all we knew it could have been a rock in the ocean! Although we must admit it was impressive when we saw its tale flap as it decended into the depths of the sea.
The next day I think we had the most amazing morning EVER!!!!! We set off on our dolphin hunt at 5:30am!!!! It was well worth it once we came across a pod of 500 playful dusky dolphins. As soon as we found them we jumped in and started to swim with them. They were amazing, you could make noises or dive down in order to keep them interested. You could even try to compete with them by swimming round in a circle and see who could go the fastest... they always won! They stayed around us for ages and would swim underneath you, by the side of you, swim straight towards you, some even had there little nippers with them.... it was incredible! When we got out everyone felt slightly sick, especially kim, due to swimming around in circles too much and getting far too excited.
Link to photos:
Part 1
http://leedsac.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2245285&l=6d3df&id=197810485
Part 2
http://leedsac.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2247457&l=f4466&id=197810485
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