yesterday afternoon we went for a walk with our team helpers. We have been assigned a team helpers who want to learn about our country and also want to learn english better. It is great as they help us to find where we need to go and can teach us about the local area. Sometimes though it takes a while for them to check if it is okay for us to be doing things. Are they asked their teachers we went for a walk to a dairy. They said we would need to talk a bus for 15 dollars and then we would find a 7/11. After waiting 10 minutes for the bus they showed us a dairy at the corner that we could walk to. They left us and we grabbed some iceblocks and drinks and headed to the river.
While at the river we meet a man who told us his story. He was 61 and had 5 daughters. Had been a fisherman with 11 boats when he was 33. Unfortunately 1o years ago a large scale development of apartments (Connor counted 27 storeys which is higher than anything in Christchurch) had been built where he lived. He now lives docked up on the mangroves on one of his old ships and he says he is very happy - his daughters ask him to live with them and their families but he loves where he lives. A great geo story and a interesting man for the students to meet!
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