Kaikoura rocks!

I am on a tour of the South Island.
Today I flew to Christchurch, then drove to Kaikoura in my rental a red Ford Focus. I did the Peninsula Walk starting from Point Kean, another walk from my book of “202 best day walks in New Zealand”, in fact it is the one shown on the cover! The book says that it is a 3-4 hour trip, but even with several pauses for photos and several detours to avoid sleeping sea lions It took only 2 hours. On several occasions I came around rocks and almost stepped on one of them! One barked at me, I don’t know what else happened because I was too busy running away! I really did try to avoid the sea lions, but it was impossible when they were up on the cliffs, so one could not help but get between them and the sea (a no-no).
The next day I went whale watching from a helicopter, the male sperm whales live in the Kaikoura Trench, just off the coast where they feed and grow for several years. We saw 5 on a 30 minute ride!