Well, that worked...

Hey there everyone!
Thanks again for reading, it means a lot to bring you all along on the journey with me, even if you aren't here!
Anyway, here is a recap of the last few days:

2/7: We got up pretty early (0600) and made our way down to the bus to catch a bus to the center of Christchurch. We had to get picked up by a shuttle to get out to Kaikoura, which is a coastal city about 2.5 hours north of Christchurch. We were going whale watching and I was so excited! It was a little rainy and windy on the way there, but when we got there they told us that our trip may be cancelled, and they announced that it was. I was SO BUMMED, this was one of the things I really was looking forward to. So that was around noon, and we had about 4 hours to catch our shuttle. So we did a lot of sitting, and a little shopping but didn't buy anything. We went to the Why Not cafe, which had some good nachos, and went to catch our shuttle. Apparently we did not book the return trip however, and so we basically ended up stuck in Kaikoura for the night. Luckily we found this information site and they helped us get a hostel real cheap that was really nice as well for the night, and we booked the earliest trip out of Kaikoura. We really did not have anything to do and no clothes/toiletries, so that was a fun night... anyway we got up the next day and went to the shuttle.

2/8: We had originally booked an across-country train ride for this day, but we wouldn't have been able to make it due to the shuttle mishap. Luckily, our friend Amy got an email saying that the train wasn't able to run and we could get a full refund which surprisingly worked out! We got back to Christchurch, and went to a pretty cool aquarium, and finally saw our first Kiwi bird! We tried to see them at Orana but they didn't come out there. They are really awesome, and we did see some other things, like an eel feeding. This wasn't too exciting though. Then we got some baked potatoes for lunch, and got back to our hostel to shower and pack and get ready to leave the next day. We also did laundry, which is really overpriced, and the dryer was not very good so we tried to airdry our three loads in our room, which eventually worked by the time we went to bed...

2/9: We woke up at 2:30 a.m. this morning! Ridiculously early, and I am still awake at 6:45 p.m., right now, the same day somehow! We had to catch our shuttle so early because we had to get to the airport at 04:00 a.m. for our flight out this morning at 6:00 a.m. to Sydney. We got to the airport, and it was a sit-and-wait fest, because everything opened about 15 minutes after we got in line. The plane ride was nice however, it was still dark outside and the plane was about half empty and I slept almost the entire way here. We got here, and walked ages to our shuttle, and finally got to our hostel about 1.5 hours after getting in the shuttle. It definitely wasn't what we were expecting. Noone leaves any personal items out unless they are in the room, and the luggage lockers barely fit our huge bags in them. So any time you need something, you can't just reach in your bag, you have to go unlock your locker, pull out your bag, get the item, etc. We were definitely spoiled in our hostel in Christchurch. We finally found some stuff to do after finding the Sydney Visitor Centre, and got some great views of the harbour, the Opera House, etc. We went on a bus tour that showed us a lot, but I couldn't tell you where any of that stuff was still.

A little teaser regarding my next entries from Sydney: We have a great "pirate ship" dinner to go on tomorrow night, and we are going to the Sydney Aquarium and a zoo type deal. Going up in an observation tower to see all of Sydney, we are climbing the Harbour bridge, and doing some other cool stuff! Thanks for reading!

P.S. Sorry for no pictures, there will be some next time!
P.P.S. The vlog is on hiatus until we get to Perth probably, however, we will still film videos!
Peace!