This
morning we were able to sleep in until 8am, which seems like a big deal because
I haven’t been getting much sleep. First thing in the morning, we headed to the
agrodome and learned about the local sheeps. It seemed very New Zealand, but at
the same time, it reminded me of travelling around Ireland. We also watched a
sheep shearing demonstration and the feeding of lambs. It would have been
really boring except for the hilarity of the MC. Otherwise, I would say my
Ireland experience with sheep and sheepdogs was much better.
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| Agrodome |
We
spent the rest of the morning driving to Waitomo. We stopped for lunch in a
little town and I found a place to get a ham sandwich. Unfortunately, the Asian
woman behind the counter didn’t understand me at all and I ended up with a
cheese toastie and chocolate milkshake instead. It was alright though.
Sebastion ordered way too many fries too and I ate some.
In
Waitomo, we moved into our rooms and then Jacob and I went to the caves to see
the glow worms. Everyone else went black water rafting, so it was just us in
the caves. It was pretty cool though. We had a guided tour that wandered
through and looked at the old stalactites and stalagmites that dripped water on
us. The coolest part though was taking the boat through the river cave at the
end. It was pitch black and the glow worms on the ceiling of the cave looked
like the night sky. It was also a little creepy though. It made me think of the
7th Harry Potter book when they locate the horcrux in the bottom of
the well in the cave. Our boat even had a rope attached to it.
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| Glow Worm Caves
After
the caves, we walked back to the hotel and hung out together since everyone
else was rafting and the town literally had two little shops and both of them
seemed to be closed. We lucked out though that there a playground where we
could sit on the swings.
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