Learning the hard way
Going on long holidays to exotic destinations, and taking lots of pictures is nice and all, but the real burdon of it comes long after flying back home. It is the near endless sifting through the photo’s and determining which ones are to be shown to the loved ones that gets me. Right now, we have embarked on the journey
Continue readingDay 33: The last one
We decided to have a very slow morning and woke up about an hour later than usual, breakfast was served around half past 8. This could be done as we only had to drive for 1 hour to Christchurch. Or so we thought. We had booked a trip in a jet boat on the Rakaia River at half past 10,
Continue readingDay 32: Taking it easy at Windwhistle
While the mountain decided to show itself yesterday, it all seemed like it was not going to do so today at all. The sky was filled with dark and get clouds right above the village, and more were rolling in at a very constant rate. We also woke up to a very cold day, but could see that the valley
Continue readingDay 31: Mountains!
The Otago Peninsula has been good to us. All marine wildlife has shown itself to us, and sometimes even posed for the camera in way we didn’t think possible. The weather has been awful and great at times, and during the entire time we had fun, enjoyed the amazing scenery and loved being there. It truly is a good place
Continue readingDay 30: More marine wildlife
This day can best be divided into two separate parts: the good part and the bad part. The bad part must have been the morning and a portion of the afternoon. When we woke up, it rained. When we were done with breakfast, it still did. We wanted to do a tour on a boat at 12: it still rained
Continue readingDay 29: The Otago Peninsula
Today, we are leaving the Catlin’s already, but not after we took another quick peek at the dolphins at Porpoise Bay. They are not in today, but will probably be around. However, we didn’t see them. So we are off to Dunedin. It is only a short drive up there, at about 3 hours at a leisurely speed. Along the
Continue readingDay 28: Back to the mainland
Another early morning today, as we had to catch our flight back to the main island from Stewart Island to Invercargill. The commute in Oban was not too bad, but as the weather had clearly changed the flight would be a little different from the previous one. The plane showed up, but it was not the same as yesterday, it
Continue readingDay 27: An island off an island off an island
This morning is like many other mornings, but unlike quite a few others. The weather is dark and wet yet again, but this time is different: we are about to get on a plane. A plane not back home, but a plane to an island. Flying from Invercargill usually means one thing, we are going to Stewart Island! This is
Continue readingDay 26: Spending the day in Invercargill
After a good night of sleep, we woke up to a silent and rainy world. Not the perpetual type of rain, but more like a drizzle which turns into rain now and then and sometimes even dies down completely. This weather is not too bad for driving and so we took off. Before we went to Invercargill, we had already
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