Hello All!

Hello again. Since the last update, once again so much more...

We started off Thursday morning mountain biking (something I realized is definately not for me, I hated it!) I was very sore and did not enjoy the morning at all. But after that we went on a wine tour which was awesome! I learned a lot and discovered I like many new things. We visited 3 vinyards and a brewery. The whole afternoon was a great time and we ended up having a wonderful supper when we returned to the hostel of rice and chicken. YUM! Then we did laundry and packed for our 3 day hike. Friday morning we left nice and early and drove to our kayaking destination. We had to sit through a 2 and a half hour training session and then we got to sea kayak to the Able Tasman National Park. There were a lot of white caps and it was quite a difficult task but it was well worth it when we arrived to our campsite. Absolutely incredible!!! We spent the next 3 days camping and baking on the most beautiful beach you can imagine. We did a ton of hiking, napping, swimming, and exploring. It was amazing. On the last day we did a 3 hour hike back to the vans and headed to Kaikura. One of our group members severely injured his foot and ended up in the emergency room. We ended up sitting most of the day just waiting but they finnally released him and we headed south. The next morning we had to wake up at 4 am and we got to swim with the dolphins. This was much different than I expected because we actually got to swim with completely wild dolphins. It was the most bizarre/incredible expirience ever. It was so unreal. After that a group of us managed to find a pub and watch the super bowl. There is nothing quite like watching it in a bar full of kiwis on a monday at noon, but it was a great game and ended up being quite fun. On Tuesday we woke up and loaded the vans and headed to Christchurch. We are currently staying at the YMCA haha! We ended up going out for lunch and then spending the afternoon catching up on homework. That night we had an amazing supper and went out to the pubs. Today we went to an indoor rock wall and practiced rock climing. I didn't love it but then we went to the 'clip and climb' there are only 2 locations in the world and its similar to rock climbing but you are completely on your own. I loved it! We had a bit of class today and then had pizza hut for supper. Very good times ;) tommorow we have class and then a free day. It should be great!

I hope everything is going great! Love you lots. Miss you. Cheers!!!