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December 14th 2005

Published: January 23rd 2006

November 25 to December 14 Most of our time in the south was spent hiking on several trails. In the first month of my travels I spent some time climbing in Railey, Thailand, where I met Marcus. He invited us for a weekend in Kaikoura, north of ChCh for some fishing, BBQ and drinking with his mates. It might of been a typical night for them but it took me a few days to recover. So in a 24 hour pe... Read Full Entry

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Hard to see but there were several people swimming in wet suits with the seals. Later that night we would take a swim to similar rocks in the skivvies.

Gonna eat ya!

Marcus got sick on the boat and lost a his tooth overboard.

Drop it down pull it up.

My first deep sea fishing trip wasn't too challenging. You had two fish on your hook while your reel was still spinning.

About right

Started with 60 beers and no fish. Left with 60 fish and no beers.

Cray dance

We had some mean cray (lobster) and filit (fillet).

sunset

His head is peaking over the branch just before he started down and then fell 10 feet and landed on his side. Tough guy, picked and dusted off he wheezed his way down.