Kaikoura

Kaikoura

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March 7th 2007

Published: March 7th 2007

I forgot to add this one in before, so it's a bit out of place. We stopped in Kaikoura after Abel Tasman. While in Kaikoura, we went snorkeling with wild dolphins. It was crazy how you could actually make contact with a wild animal, and they would attempt to play with you by swimming circles and diving with you. We found out after it all that there was actually a shark in with us, but since we didn't know this during it all, it kept the nerves down a lot more than they otherwise would have been!

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Water

A view out into the ocean from the shoreline we stayed along.

Mountains

The mountains across the water from us as the sun began to set.

Sunset

The sun setting over Kaikoura.

Boat

This is one of the boats that took us out to the dolphins. Once out there, we got dressed in all our scuba gear, and when the horn sounded we all slid off the back of the boat.

Boat

A look at what we looked like with all our gear on and interacting with the dolphins. Making "dolphin noises" helped get the dolphins' attention, but it also gave a good laugh to the non-swimmers on the boat.

Dolphins

A few of the hundreds of dolphins we got to swim with.

Smiles

Amanda and Lana all smiles in the back of the boat on the way back in from our swim.

Speedo

Meredith, Norm, and Lauren manning the front of the boat. Norm is one of our leaders, and he's from Melbourne, Australia. Speedos are the norm for swim suits ("swimmers") there.

Meredith

Meredith doing a dance in the front of the boat. Actually she was just trying to keep her balance as the boat rocked along in the waves, but it was pretty entertaining either way.