Sunday, July 19, 2009

Otago Peninsula

Many new things have been happening lately, but I only have like ten minutes so I am only going to name a few:

1. I just went to a cafe, ordered an ice coffee, and came out with a coffee frappe.  I guess I just need to accept that they don't have real coffee here: only flat white's.... FML.  

2. I went to my first all-blacks viewing. For those of you who don't know, the All Blacks are NZ rugby.  For those of you who don't know what Rugby is; its basically NZ football.  So clearly, I need to follow it.  The game was fun.  Went to the Baaaaah which contains too many puns to even speak about, so figure it out on your own.  It shouldnt be too hard

3.  So the cruise we went on was awesome!  Albatross are so badass, sometimes they even break thier wings when they dive into the water to catch fish.  You gotta respect animals that would risk thier arms for food.   Here are some pictures:

Apparently they sent all the sick people here and its now called exile island.  


more exile island
Sunny day, but don't be fooled, it was freezing!
They gave us winter coats to wear = mad bulky yet cozy.
keeping warm
The whole moutainside was covered with sheep but you can't really see that in this.  Everywhere you look there are little white dots which are sheep in the distance.  


If anyone watches cars, this truck looked a lot like the old hick truck.
Albatross colony
Cave in the Otago peninsula.


If this summer (winter?) has taught me one thing, its how great sea lions are!  This one just came up like right next to our boat to check us out up close and personal.  Brilliant!  



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