Beach week?

Just to keep you updated, as of tomorrow morning, we're spending the week in Opoutere, a coastal town on the east, doing a marine/estuary unit. It's work in the field every day, testing the water and shellfish life around one of the firths, and presenting our findings on Friday. We're staying in a youth hostel with 2 field leaders for the next 4 nights (no internet) and then we have the weekend free: 5 rented cars, 25 American students who've never driven on the left side of the road before, and the freedom to camp out on any beach we can find at night. Should be a crazy week, and I'll have internet access again on Sunday (Saturday in the states!)