Day 28 - Ha! fooled you! You thought we were headed North didn't you? Well we went south - way south! ...to Waitomo for the famous Glow worm caves. Well, as luck would have it, it rained all night and all day here so the caves were partially flooded - water was too high to safely run the boats through...bugger! we thus opted for the caves that were just o
pened a year ago - turned out to be a good choice as we were able to see the worms up close and even got to see the various stages of development, including the adult flys mating...and for those of you that passed Bio30, yup, glow worms are really maggots....uh-huh, 'tis true! They do look like worms however, so the ancients that named them can be forgiven as Bio30 was not part of their curriculum. While on a catwalk in the caves we looked way down to the river below and saw people riding inner tubes (wearing wetsuits and helmet lights) through the caves...guess what we are doing next time we get here?!
Forgot to buy groceries so had to go out for dinner. Waitomo has a permanent population of 37 and on a Sunday there is only one place to eat, so over we went. Not a bad place ...Pizza joint attached to the YHA... wondered however why the sirloin steak was cheaper than the fish and chips and pizza...so we ordered 2 steaks and thus never found out why... Was quite good, but like all restaurant fare, somewhat expensive compared to what we are used to.
pened a year ago - turned out to be a good choice as we were able to see the worms up close and even got to see the various stages of development, including the adult flys mating...and for those of you that passed Bio30, yup, glow worms are really maggots....uh-huh, 'tis true! They do look like worms however, so the ancients that named them can be forgiven as Bio30 was not part of their curriculum. While on a catwalk in the caves we looked way down to the river below and saw people riding inner tubes (wearing wetsuits and helmet lights) through the caves...guess what we are doing next time we get here?!Forgot to buy groceries so had to go out for dinner. Waitomo has a permanent population of 37 and on a Sunday there is only one place to eat, so over we went. Not a bad place ...Pizza joint attached to the YHA... wondered however why the sirloin steak was cheaper than the fish and chips and pizza...so we ordered 2 steaks and thus never found out why... Was quite good, but like all restaurant fare, somewhat expensive compared to what we are used to.
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