Where´s the Whale?

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On or way back to Picton we stayed a night in Kaikoura. This is the whale-watching capital of New Zealand. Altough the sparkeling sea mocked us for some time with fluke-like images far of in the distance, we didn't see a whale. So made some other stupid tourist stare out to the water by telling them where we had just seen the whale and left for the penguin- and seal-colony. Those animals are more reliable and usually can be expected to be there. Some tourists around the seals acted pretty annoying. They tried to pull at a sleeping seal's tail until he was awake, angry and nearly bit them. The seal should have chased them right into the water...

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Photos

Wet Seal
He behaves like the german name ('Sea Dog') suggests and shakes of the water kike a dog.

School of Dolphins
As a compensation for the hiding whales a whole bunch of dolphins crossed the ferry path on the way back to the North Island.