A kiwi Christmas

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Now at Carmel and Alistair's near Nelson. We had a very different christmas yesterday - went to the beach (got sunburnt despite being in the shade most of the time) and then back to the house for a barbeque - scallops (caught by alistair), Crayfish (caught by a friend of Alistair's) NZ lamb and steak. Really tasty and delicious.

Prior to arriving here on Christmas Eve we stayed at Kaikoura and I went swimming with dolphins and then we both went on a Whale watch. I have discovered that I'm not really into dolphin swimming. I haven't snorkelled before and felt really claustrophobic with the mask on - hence I was the only one swimming without a mask and so couldn't see a lot. I was seasick on the way back to shore to add the icing to the cake.

The whale watch was much more successful with sightings of 2 sperm whales. Only slight queasyness on my part.

I hope to download some more photos soon but don't hold your breath!!

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Comments

[Dad]

Your Christmas dinner sounds absolutely great! Fancy not snorkelling! When I was in Cyprus------- etc. etc.