From Grads to Nomads

Today, Rob and I took a boat tour out in the Bay of Islands to go swimming with the dolphins. However, as it turned out, once we found the dolphins after searching for 2 hours (with at least gorgeous scenery to keep us amused) the dolphins were enjoying the rituals of mating, which made it impossible to swim with them. There was also a baby dolphin, and if humans swim with a baby, it becomes too interested in the people and forgets to feed from its mother, as it has to feed 20 times an hour to stay alive. So we were not able to actually get in the water, but we got to watch wild dolphins for an hour, swimming right by the boat, and doing acrobatic flips in the air.....apparantly they do this when they are happy about getting physical with other dolphins!!!

It was a great day, sunny, which was a nice weather change from rain, especially as the morning was rather rainy. We sat out on the front of the boat in the sun enjoying the boat ride and all in all was well worth it.

Tonight is New Years Eve for us, so we will see what the night has in store. The town is packed with tourists, so it should be a fun night out and about.