The next day of Christchurch we spent exploring the surrounding areas, specifically Akaroa. We had a sea kayaking tour scheduled and we were pretty pumped about it!
Downtown Akaroa was a cute little stop: a nice pier with some boats and a lovely painter man who did an astonishingly good portrait of me. So life like!
Overlooking the cliffs as we approached Akaroa.
Matt taking advantage of being camera man by taking his own selfie.
Group photo time! Me, Sam, Matt, Daniel, and Brooke
The lovely road we traversed in our rental car. We learned quickly that the rental wouldn't be doing any off-roading so we stayed on the paved path. Once we were in van for our excursion, it was a different story. This van was built for the narrow, graveled, winding roads of Akaroa!
We couldn't get enough of the bodies of water
So we probably took photos of it from every angle possible. But at least he one on the right shows the town of Akaroa, nestled on the harbor.
The launching pad for our kayak adventure had some sheep so of course we fed them! Well, we fed the interested ones. There were a couple, like our pal on the right, who were more interested in peeing or rubbing up against the fence.
Quite possible the most flattering "skirt" I've ever worn. This lovely garment helped to keep us warm and dry while kayaking in the harbor. Sam was my lucky kayaking partner :)
Kayaking like a pro! So good at it that I could take a selfie.
Pre-adventure, we got some good photos. Daniel needed some extra help with getting situated.
Matt cheesing on the harbor.
Sam looking all picturesque. And I'm hoping you can see the seals or penguins in these photos!
Seals! The baby seals were especially vocal.
We made it!We survived the choppy water on the bay, and kayaked with the seals and penguins.
Speaking of penguins... here's a baby one in a nest created by the sanctuary we were in.
As you can imagine, kayaking for hours helped us build up quite the appetite so we got burgers! I'm sure you're shocked since we have only had burgers in literally every city.
This boy was in the women's bathroom. It might just scare the pee out of you. The red eyes were kind of a thing if you can't tell.
And here are some shots of our jailhouse hostel. I can now honestly say that I've spent a few nights in jail.
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