thursday 15th/saturday 17th… long day of flying — left on the 15th from seattle to LA… slept 10 hours straight on flight to auckland, with aid of sleepign pills! landed in nz on the 17th… in auckland, then christchurch and finally dunedin… wow! to our homestay ‘nesbit cottage’ and then downtown to explore a bit… dunedin university, botanic gardens… drinks on the octagon (center of town)… started reading cryptonomicon…
sunday the 18th… up at 4am… to see yellow penguins at sand fly beach… some sea lions and seals as well.. pretty cool stuff… then later hiked up the steepest street in the world in dunedin… saw some very rare albatross… dinner on Georges St in Dunedin… home later…
monday the 19th… got rental car and drove 370km to christchurch… walked around town… over the avon river… saw christchurch museum… dinner at indian restaurant… met up with ignacio and laura (friend’s of sebastien badault’s) at internet cafe on cathedral square in christchurch…