Day 17

What did we do today? We left Motueka. I got paid a dollar to help load bags onto the coach. Our TA has discovered that paying us gets jobs done. We traveled for a bit and stopped at a sea side playground. The playgrounds here are amazing. They have no real regard for all the uber-saftey of America, and thus they are extremely fun. I played on an actual see-saw today, and not a little baby one that can go an inch and just sort of bounce. I'm talking full blown up in the air see-saw, feet-dangling-fear-for-your-life see-saw. The play ground was huge and had lots of neat equipment.

It was called the Rock-topus

It was funny until he got spun so hard he fell off. Then I laughed so hard I cried.

 We then went to a bird sanctuary. We got a talk about all the traps they use in the park to catch pests. And then we took a nice leisurely hike to a stream full of waterfalls and fan-tailed birds. The birds were some of the cutest things I've ever seen, but I got pooped on twice, so I don't know how I feel about them.

 

 

 

 

 

Pre-bird poop

We got to our hotel in Nelson, which is actually very nice, with bathtubs and fluffy robes. We gave presentations on destination marketing and then it was time for dinner. I went to a very nice Indian restaurant and had lamb and naan and then a few of us went and saw Happy, Happy at the movie theater. The theaters here are cool. They're pretty small, only seat about 20 people each theater. And you get an assigned seat which was nice. The movie was odd. It was a Norwegian drama. But it wasn't bad. And then it was back to the hotel for a nice bath. Tomorrow we  head out to Kaikoura bright and early.

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