Christ Church, New Zealand

Thursday, March 15th, 2007

A picture postcard town today at 64 degrees.


We took the Wildlife Boat Cruise for the esteemed Hector's Dolphins. Took most our our time in Christ Church which was a shame since we didn't get to see anything else here. As for the dolphins, they aren't on a timed schedule and we only quickly viewed about 3 times. Too quick for cameras. Some facts about them and a picture from the web:

1) only found off the coast of New Zealand, which means it is endemic to New Zealand
2) is the rarest dolphin in the world
3) has a small, rounded dorsal fin – all other species of dolphin found in New Zealand waters have crescent shaped fins that are more pointed



See all the many different overlapping layers? This is typical New Zealand terrain.



Had to buy some postcards for the rest. Run a search on Christ Church, it is beautiful and just sorry we missed it.

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