One thing we knew we'd be missing in New Zealand was whale and/or dolphin watching, the two reasons for this was a 1 week waiting list and finances - rubbish! However, little did we know that we'd get the opportunity to partake in this activity from the viewing deck of our train. You read that correctly, the transcoastal spends a good portion of its journey no more than 15 metres away from the coastline and with calm flat seas, fantastic weather and show-off acrobatic dolphins it makes for quite an experience. You not only see the creatures in the water but you see them a number of feet above the water doing flips and somersaults, which is something neither of us will ever forget. It is a shame that we do not posses a superb camera to even attempt to capture what we were saying but even with one of the worlds best we would still have struggled so unfortunately you are just going to have to take our word for it!

This particular journey lasted for 5 hrs 30 mins and we then had to wait for another bus to take us to Nelson. Nelson is next door to the Marlborough region of New Zealand and also a popular manufacturer of wines, methinks a wine tour is in the offing!!!

written by  Priya&Tim on March 7, 2007 from Nelson, New Zealand
from the travel blog: Cheeky Round The World Trip
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...and they just kept on going until they reached the end of the world!!!

Milford sound looked nice!

Hope your both well too! I am back to the blogging too! Site has changed for the bettre quite a bit though huh!>!>

c ya

written by  50 on March 20, 2007

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