Saturday, January 20, 2007

Whale tails in Kaikoura


Had a serious once in a lifetime experience today (apart from getting up at 6.am). We took a whale watcher cruise to spot sperm whales, and went up close but not too personal with 4 of them. Enormous beasts.

After lunch we took a short 6 hour walk around the coastline and heard kids on the shore shouting "whale". Yeah, right, we thought, but sure enough a pod of 4 Orca (killer whales) had come really close to land. So, one day, two whale experiences.
Finished the day with a relaxing spa, then 14 kilos of fish and chips from the local shop. We love the healthy life.

DID YOU KNOW Sperm whales are called sperm whales because they have tons of white oily fluid in the heads. The old whalers really believed that this oil was sperm for sexual reproduction purposes. Talk about dick heads.

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