We arrived in Kaikoura on Friday at around 12:00pm, and our afternoon was spent watching movies and TV, and doing our journals and reading... A relaxing afternoon! We were meant to go whale watching yesterday, but when we woke up, the weather was not at its best. It was very windy, cold and raining. We phoned the whale watch company at 9:30am and they told us that due to the sea conditions they had cancelled the trip and we were given a full refund. It was a bit of a dissapointment, but it would not have been nice going out in that weather! So, instead of watching whales, we went on the internet, sat by the fire, played cards and Mel did some washing. Then in the afternoon, we braved the weather and walked into the
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