Sumner again for surfing lessons

We were sad to leave our little Christchurch Holiday Park, but excited to move on to some surfing lessons and Kaikoura. We arrived at Sumner and although it was grey and cloudy, the air was warm and the water was still pretty warm. We only had to wear pretty thin wetsuits to stay in the water. Our guide was very nice and about 8 years younger than us probably : ). The waves were pretty shallow, which is great for beginners, and we had fun trying to get on those waves. Marian was a little colder than John so ducked out early (we had the boards and suits for two hours after the lessons), but John stayed in till the end. He was hanging ten! Here is showing off. (PHOTOS BY MARIAN LADENBURG)





Here we are at the end of the day.




Then we headed Northward for Kaikoura. Since our surfing lessons were pretty late, we got into the town at around 7:30. So we went into town to look at all the little shops that were closed for the night, found the I-site for the following day, and headed back. We then watched a really creepy movie in the TV room about this group of college/grad students that go to some Central American Island (unnamed), and find these ruins that are off the beaten path. Then they are ambushed by some natives and forced up to the top of these ruins (picture Mayan style pyramid). They then are forced to stay there as this “killer plant” tries to get all of them! The plant does creepy things like grow inside their bodies and can imitate sounds (like cell phones or human voices). Anyways, fairly creepy and very strange to watch!