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Kaikoura on the east coast of New Zealand’s South island is famous for the opportunity it presents to experience whales up close. Whale watching is a major tourist business in town and the two main ways to experience the gentle giants (other than standing on the beach with some binoculars) is...
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The drive from Picton to Kaikoura was amazing, and took me through a plethora of diferent sub-climates. The almost desert-like wine lands of Blenheim were replaced by a spectacular coast where waves crashed on one side of the road, and massive mountains loomed up on the other. Penguins dived in...
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Kaikoura, on the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand, is an idyllic spot - lazy, sunny, gloriously glorious in every way a glorious place can possibly be glorious. And it is a very good place to go diving, especially if you like diving amongst sea mammals. It is also the best place in...
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The sky was lit up blood red on the horizon, dripping its last rays over the hills and plains, the mountains and farms. I huddled closer into my black goosedown jacket, burying my ears as far as...
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It really did look cute, laid out in the warm Spring sun, its eyes shut with pleasure. The pebbles on the beach crunched as it stretched occasionally, screwing up its face so that its whiskers made moist little patterns on the rock it used as a pillow. Every so often this lazy example of the...
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This took my breath away. If you had the choice of only one activity you could do in New Zealand, this would be the thing you will remember for the rest of your life. Swimming with over 200...
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I don't normally get sea sick. In fact, I have always prided myself that waves don't affect me - I come from a background of sea captains, blue water is in my blood.
So to find myself wanting to revisit my delicious breakfast just off the coast of the South Island of New Zealand was a bit...
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