Trouble uploading

I have been having trouble with the google server to upload pictures to the blog. So, to stop my frustration I will not try again until tomorrow. Until then, here is an update.
We stayed in a not so great holiday park on Sat night as we were told we'd have to report for the dolphin tour at 6:30am! Yikes. But, when I called at 7pm the night before, we were told the check in time was 8 am. Better but we would have stayed out of town. Nonetheless, it worked out. Linda decided she would go for the boat ride and observe the dolphins. I opted to try to swim with them. This has lead me to a conclusion:
Two Top Ways to Learn Humility:
1) Play golf
2) Try on a wet suit

The skipper of our boat had heard that there were a couple of Orcas out in the water the day before and also pilot whales. Unfortunately, Captain Ahab then decided to try and find them! We wanted dolphins! He finally gave up and we did find NZ Common Dolphins. They were lovely. Lots of them but not as many as usual (is this becoming a theme with me?). Suspicion that the Orcas had sent many of the dolphins into hiding rather than become a whale sized snack!Swimming with the dolphins meant the skipper getting the boat out just ahead of a pod and then us silly humans flop off the back of the boat and try to swim to them. I did this three times. Twice a dophin was kind enough to swim underneath me while I breathed through my snorkel and tried not to gasp. A few people panicked when they got into the ocean - it was a bit overwhelming and though swimming but fun. We were out for at least 5 hours. We took van back to Ohope Beach and a campsite there. I spent the rest of the day on the beach reading. After dinner and cleaning up, took what was left of a bottle of red wine down to the beach and watched the stars and the waves until bedtime. Ah, nice life!

Monday, we left and had a nice drive along the coast. Felt like we were going to have an easy drive and then --- over a range, up and down, twist and turn! We have stopped in Tairau. This appears to be the start of our Coromandel experience. Hope to have better luck with pictures tomorrow.