Off fishless fishing and synchronized swimming

Just an fleeting attempt to record one small piece of the adventures in nz...

Last night was the impressive production of "Grease" (at the pool). Yes, it was put to synchronized swim moves and rather impressive what these school girls could do (kimball and i decided we'd never make it if we tried auditioning).

A couple evenings ago with sun (for once) and sundown around 9:30, we headed out aimlessly and found some great little rivers to fish. didn't catch any though i'm sure i saw some jumping but that might have been the ducks.

we're noticing a lot of differences in culture and medicine here with the most interesting ones being
--people lose sleep over their animals (one patient came in complaining he couldn't sleep because his bulls were outside and the weather has been horrible lately)
--you can start up a conversation with any stranger and they won't think it's odd
--some patients really expect total access to their doctors, even if it's a weekend or they just forgot to take care of a problem soon enough
--no one cares what you wear (or drive for that matter) but there are more hairstylists in invercargill than anywhere else i've seen

tomorrow is sea kayak safety training all day in riverton. we'll start in the pool then to the beach to test out our skills (i'll be wearing my wetsuit no matter what anyone says). we'll take the surfboards too in case the waves are up and running.