horses, penguins, and seals on the beach!

Wow, it has been busy! I've had 3 projects to turn in over the past week, but I'm still alive. On Monday, Krystle and I went riding horses on Aramoana Beach, about half an hour from Dunedin. It was so much fun! I rode a horse named Trolls (who is in fact nothing like a troll) and had an awesome time. The weather was beautiful and the beaches were incredible. There were shells everywhere, and not a piece of trash in sight! We only ever saw people when we were going from the road to the path to the beach, but other than that, it was just us and our guide, who was amazing.

I even got to gallop down the beach! There are Trolls and I winning a race against Cheryl, our guide, on Ginger, the horse Krystle rode. Trolls had more speed than I thought he would! He was so proud of himself.

On Tuesday, we had our OUSA hike. Because the weather was looking so iffy, we went to Aramoana beach! Haha. It was nice to be able to walk on the beach where I had just ridden the day before. And we saw a penguin and a sea lion, who totally stole the show. Here is the lone penguin, who was quite conent showing off for a dozen excited girls. He is a Yellow Eyed penguin. Guess why? Hehe.

And now get ready for a cute-overload. I give you...sleepy seal!


That has to be one of the cutest things ever. And just as proof that there really are albatross on the Otago Peninsula, here is a shot that I got of them from across the bay. They are those little white blurs that in real life have a wingspan of 10 feet.


One last thing. See these two Cadbury eggs? (there were four, but I ate two by the time I took this picture) They look like normal eggs, right? Wrong! They are real Cadbury eggs. Not the fake kind that they sell in America. They are just too tasty for words.