Kaikoura revisited

The hard part of today was done early: getting to the ferry terminal for our check-in. Another smooth crossing - we've been lucky with that, as with much else - saw us in Picton, South Island by lunchtime.

So we pressed on down the coast, back to one of our favourite haunts, Kaikoura. It's the base for the whale and dolphin excursions, and a seafood centre (though the signs are pretty subtle, as above). It'll be a test of our will-power, to resist the restaurants and eat up the food stocks in the motorhome as we should.

We're here tomrrow, so a dilemma: if we do another whale/dolphin trip, will it another thrill or an anti-climax? We've decided to go separate ways: I can't resist another look at the whales, while Barb argues with impeccable logic that when you've seen one whale, you've sort of seen them all, so she'll stay and catch up on some reading.

We're getting ever nearer Christchurch and the time on Saturday when - hard as it is to believe - we'll be handing back the keys to the motorhome.