Arrived in Christchurch for the start of our travels around the South Island. Travelled upto Kaikoura with the hope of seeings some whales. Went all prepared with my sea sickness precautions. The whales came out to play but I preferred the brown paper bag!!! Miraculously (however you spell it) i managed to take 4 pictures in my green state, capturing the whale in 3 of them, well a little bit of it anyway!!! Not a huge success for me. Later on we walked to see the seal colony which was only 4 km away........ according to Jeff. 2 hours later we finally stumbled across them. Travelled over Arthurs Pass to the Franz Josef glacier, where yet again i donned some more gear, including crampons to scale the dizzy heights of the glacier. Just started the journey
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