Looking at the pictures I just realised I have written the trip in the false order in the previous post. The boulders are after Dunedin and not before...
In Dunedin we slept in the Otago peninsula, near the albatross colony. In the morning we watched some royal albatross chicks, waiting for their parents to come back from the fishing sesion and feed them. Some interesting facts about albatrosses: they normally average 3 to 3.5 meters wingspan, weight about 8 Kg and can fly as far as 1000 km a day. The eggs are 0,5 kg but chicks can grow up to 12 kg... They can also live as long as humans and they live 80% of it out in the sea.
In the beach next to the cliffs, we spotted a blue penguin swimming. They are the smallest penguins in the world, being from 20 to 25 cm in height. Interesting wildlife!
In another corner of the peninsula, it is said that you can easily see sea lions, we didn't see any however fur seals resting.
In the city, the next morning we drove up to the steepest residential street in the world. 1st gear!
From there we headed to the boulders, now in the right chronological order :)
Tomorrow, the pics!
Juanma.
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