So a new adventure awaits.. the part of me travelling through both islands! Luciano and I went from Christchurch to a camping nearby the same day, but oh dear.. what were we hungry haha, we had our dinner ready at 9.30 / 10 or something and it felt like I could have eaten both his dish as well as mine 😅 The next day the actual road trip started with Luciano as a good tour guide. He already had been on this side of the south island, so it made sense that he led the way. I finally got to see Kaikoura and wow how beautiful that was.. the road to Kaikoura was right next to the beach and we got to see huge groups of dolphins in the far distance 🐬🐬 It was amazing!
And when we arrived in Kaikoura I was even more impressed there were like heaps of seals up there.. I expected to see maybe one or two seals, as I lowered my expectations since I didn't got to see much wildlife yet, but my patience was being rewarded.. finally!
You could hear the baby seals yelling for their mum to give them some food or help them out while being in a fight with their siblings. The population of fur seals are thriving and that makes me so happy, because there are so many animal species that are being threatened with extinction.
This baby fur seal didn't make it, but luckily not because of human interference or global warming. This is just nature, a part of nature that is natural. Some babies make it and some don't that is how cruel life can be at times.
But this is the other side.. a baby that is just enjoying hanging out on the rock enjoying the sun. I could have sat down for hours if it was for me but hey I had to listen to my tourguide, right? Uhmm yes.. or I wouldn't have a car or a bed 🤔 😅 After a lovely couple of hours we went to Blenheim to stay for the night. And I was lucky because I got to have a free personal trainer during our workout! Luciano came up with a circuit training with push-ups, planking (which I have a love/ hate relationship with), hanging on rings and doing squats and that 8 times! But I think for someone that didn't workout for a long time I did just fine I must say 😇 And after that we jumped into the cold ocean to have a refreshment, it was actually lovely even though I didn't want to at first but I can't say no when someone is challenging me. But I kind of was regretting it during the night as I had stone cold feet but hey I did it! 😋
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