Watch the whales, swim with the dolphins, picnic with the seals or catch the tail end of a cyclone and spend a day dodging showers and cowering from the wind. It was REALLY windy. The strange thing is - I'm not that upset. But more of that another time! So I have a quiet day-and-a-half in Kaikoura. When the rain clouds clear, and the sun shines i can see that it's a nice little place. It's surrounded by mountains, it's sea based and contains a couple of travellers I've met before - i keep saying it's a small world. I'm feeling strangely good so i even go shopping...i must be mad. I can't afford anything, I've no room to put the anything into, i can't physically carry the weight of the anything and I'm supposed to be living a non-materialistic simple life. I'm not sure where i got that idea from, my bank manager maybe.
Kaikoura's town is not quite my cup-of-tea, but it has some really cool rock formations, beautifully coloured waters, is nicely surrounded by mountains and has given me yet another reason to come back to New Zealand. I want the chance of seeing a blue whale - they occasionally visit here...allegedly.
