Here are some photos of Te Mahoerangi for you. I am also attempting to attach a small video of the bay. I hope you like it! The photos all get cut and squashed a bit on here. It was so beautiful there:
The one where I'm on the quad bike - you can see my terrible sandfly bites on my legs. I got EATEN. We had just been to see the eel, Herbert.
At the moment I am in Picton. I went to an aquarium yesterday and saw some cool seahorses. (I love aquariums. Put me in one and I don't stop smiling) I have also done some shopping and picked up my hire car. It is even smarter than the last one. It's a Nissan Sunny. The last one was a Pulsar. The office here actually showed me round it and checked I knew how to drive an automatic, which didn't happen in Auckland. They also gave me a free book on driving around NZ with lots of nice photos in it. It has been a little strange driving a car again, so I've been going along slowly. I had an amazing ice cream sundae in the sun today - the weather is glorious, and I also had some strawberries which I have been craving out in the Sounds.
From here on I won't have access to the internet again for a bit. I am Going Forth into the mountains. The places I will be visiting are St Arnaud, Maruia Springs, Arthur's Pass, Methven, Lake Tekapo and Christchurch, if you want to google any of them (I recommend looking up Lake Tekapo in particular on Google to see some photos of the amazing colour of the lake. It is turquoise.) There is a slim chance that I will come across a hostel with internet access, but my guide book doesn't seem to think I will. So, check back in a bit and until then take care.
Two links to the video, in case one doesn't work. (I hope you can see it!)
http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y45/lalaf/?action=view¤t=DSCF4240.flv
