The Visitors
My mom and dad are visiting, it's a good thing, I hadn't seen them since March. This means I'm taking my third (and final) trip around the south island. We're having fun. A few days ago dad and I did a dolphin swim in Kaikoura. It was pretty impressive, there were tons of them. If you dive down and make noises and basically act like a fool the dolphins take interest and circle around you. A couple days later we did an overnight hike in Able Tasman National Park which feels like the Caribbean. Tomorrow mom and I are going walking on Franz Josef glacier and a few days after that we're all taking an overnight cruise on the Milford Sound. Doing touristy stuff instead of hand-to-mouth-backpacker stuff is fun! Hopefully I'll have some pictures up soon.
posted by upliftingsound at 12:31 PM
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The dolphins thought you were dying. They were lining up for a meal. Don't let those "smiling" expressions fool you; they're ferocious!
By the way, the diving down part of those steps to dolphin contact is completely optional. I was making noises and acting like a fool yesterday when I was leaving work and before I knew it the elevator was full of dolphins. (And whooeeeyyy were they mean!)
I hope you survived your walk on the glacier. If you stopped for long it would've had to be renamed the "Franz Josef Joseph Lois" glacier. Poor Franz and Josef. They should put a yellow sign up there with two dudes surrounded by glacier as a warning.
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We "visitors" thank you for an awesome NZ experience. We'll never forget that spin around the south island. Dophins, glaciers, Milford Sound penguins, Abel Tasman, Wanaka, Paradisio, Drifters, horsepower, ZELDA, etc. It was all good! Love you! Mum & Dad
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