Rain...Snow...Sunshine!!!:O)) KAIKOURA and WHALE WATCHING!! Dolphins too!!!!

Hi...we have left Motueka and went to Punakaiki to see the PANCAKE ROCKS (they look like manypancakes one on top of the other :O)) that's where the name comes from :O))), we stayed in a really nice isolated place called TE NIKAU RETREAT...seemed more like a mountain hut than a backpackers...very nice, there we met Helen (UK) and Philippe Louis XVI (:O)))) Canada), a really nice couple and because of the heavy rain we stayed there not only 1 night but 2! (there is nothing to do already...just imagine when on top of this it is raining!!!!!!!!!haha!!) oh...by the way, on the way to Punakaiki we had a FLAT tyre!! :O((( but Dany managed even during heavy rainfall to change the tyre and to get us going!!! yeahhhhhhhhh!!
So 2 days later we were on the road again ready for new adventures...we stopped in Greymouth, ok little town further down the Westcost and we stayed in another awesome hostel GLOBAL VILLAGE, oh, this place was so great!!!!!! Whoever passes through G. -> this is the place to stay overnight!!! The next day was pretty warm and sunny and we decided to take the LEWIS PASS cross the country over to the other side of the island to KAIKOURA...we passed by the Southern Alps and saw a lot of snow!!! In the afternoon we stopped in HAMMER SPRINGS - beautifuuuuuul!!! little ski town in the mountains with a large thermal area and hot pools- for a cup of hot chocolate before finally haeding on to Kaikoura.
KAIKOURA...many hostels, but only few good ones...went to do the famous WHALEWATCHING tour today and that was just AAAAAWESOME!!!!!!!!!! Bright sunshine and
and a clear view as far as you could see...Kaikoura is right on the pacific and in the back there are the mountains...wow!! Well, our trip started at 12.45pm, we met there also Kathrin and her brother Matze (we arranged yesterday that we could be on the same tour together) ...we went out on a boat especially equipped to encounter the signals of the whales...we saw 5!!! sperm whales and many many dolphins!!!!!! ahhhh so so so beautiful, we had such a great day!!