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Fun time with Flipper

May 24 Up and out of the parking spot reasonably early (partly cos we weren't meant to be there! We went to the dolphin encounter building where we were given full wetsuits, gloves, boots and hoods ready to get into the 14 degree water. The boat headed south out of Kaikoura where some dolphin...

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James & Tracey on May 24, 2007 from Kaikoura, New Zealand

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Blissful relaxation

May 23 After a bit of a lie in we set off again driving the rest of the way (around 200km). We arrived at Hanmer Springs. They have thermal pools here, where we headed to have a dip. We also treated our aching bodies to a steam room for half an hour. The hottest pool was 41 degrees as it was a...

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James & Tracey on May 23, 2007 from Hanmer Springs, New Zealand

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Fox Glacier (not the mint)

May 22 A bit of an early start, had an amazing view of Mountain top when we awoke. We headed into Fox Township and to the Alpine Guides to book our tour for the day - "The Nimble Fox". Wearing thermal long-johns, trousers, vest, t-shirt, long sleeve sweatshirt, fleece jumper, 2 pairs of...

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James & Tracey on May 22, 2007 from Franz Josef Glacier, New Zealand

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Adrenaline Capital (if open)

May 20 We were up and out of the camp, into Queenstown and headed straight for the AJ Hackett shop to book James' Thrillogy Bungy Jumps. This means 3 bungy jumps totalling 224m over 6 hours! I headed down the road to book tomorrows Canyon Swing for the both of us. We waited around a bit for...

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James & Tracey on May 20, 2007 from Queensbury, New Zealand

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Glowworms and Milford Sound

May 18 We had a surprise phone call from Megan in the morning - Thanks for the Kiwi welcome! We had a 3 hour drive ahead of us, stopping now and aging for photos. We arrived in the town of Manapouri and looked into going across to Doubtful Sound. This however is a lot more expensive than the...

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James & Tracey on May 18, 2007 from Te Anau, New Zealand

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Very Windy day

May 17 We headed down to Dunedin and the Otago Penninsula. To get to the end of the penninsula we had to wind our way along a road which was next to the edge of the sea, so close in fact that the waves were lapping onto the road carrying with it sea weed and sending salty spray all over our van...

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James & Tracey on May 17, 2007 from Dunedin, New Zealand

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Rik Stein's choice of Restaurant

May 16 From bushy beach we headed down the coast to Moeraki. Following signs for the "Moeraki Boulders". These are ancient spherical boulders that are in the sand and surf. How they got there we don't know as there were no guides or signs to help us, guess it must have been some volcanic thing...

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James & Tracey on May 16, 2007 from Moeraki, New Zealand

from the travel blog: James & Tracey World Tour

What a surprise view

May 15 After we had parked the van in the dark the night before with no real idea of where we were, we woke to an amazing surprise. To find we were on the side of a hill overlooking a big turquoise lake, surrounded by mountains with the sun rising over the top. We really thought we are going to...

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James & Tracey on May 15, 2007 from Lake Tekapo, New Zealand

from the travel blog: James & Tracey World Tour

Mount Cook

May 15 We arrived at Glentanner, then headed straight for the village of Mount Cook. As the name suggests its right by Mount Cook!! The highest mountain in New Zealand. We couldn't actually see the top of the mountain though so couldn't see exactly how high it was, the summit was covered with...

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James & Tracey on May 15, 2007 from Glentanner, New Zealand

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Road to Nowhere

May 13 We left early to get to the Airport, where Ray waved us off. Got on the flight to Christchurch. There was only one film showing on the plane so had no other option but to watch it (it was a chick flick!) We were served steak pie, which kind of made up for it. The views from the plane...

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James & Tracey on May 13, 2007 from Christchurch, New Zealand

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