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At the end of my first chemo cycle we were lucky to get a relatively drug free week into which we crammed, kayaking cycling, golfing and a tiki tour around Dunedin and Oamaru, Danseys Pass and St Bathans Lake. We love walking around the Lake as the views are always wonderful and there is always something new to see. In New Zealand, you feel that you are far away from the problems of the rest of the world. Obviously, some of the early settlers in even in the middle of the South Island were still afraid; these days the locals are more concerned with the invasion of too many tourists but haven’t resorted to shooting at them (yet) Kayaking out of Sunshine Bay with our monster double kayak was great fun. Lake Wakatipu always looks benign and inviting, but we were reminded what a treacherous place it can be when we were caught in huge gusts and roller coaster waves that make you feel like you a paddling across a washing machine. We didn’t quite get as far as we would have...