took the Real Journeys Doubtful sound day trip. picked up at hotel to first stop where we are supposed to meet Mary. No MARY!!! apparently the office gave her the wrong location for pickup, but Real journeys put her on a cab and she arrived!!! The bus driver as he was telling us, said "well we have to wait for Mary, not her fault, they told her the wrong place" oh boy oh boy, i thought what will i do if we loose Mary!! Mary arrived, flip flops and all, i am in my 3 layers! she is acclimating to this country well. To the Reillys, she has the adventuresome spirit. The trip was a 2 hour bus to Manapouri lake, on a catamaran for 45 mins, a bus trip to the underground power station and
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