Waitomo glowworm caves ... and the rabbit

We arrived in Waitomo on the eve of the 26th. We stayed at the Waitomo Caves Hotel, better described in our book as: "if the hotel from the Shining and the Bates Motel had a bastard son, it would be this grand old place. It's creepy even in the daylight...".
They weren't kidding.

The next day, we were off to the Waitomo caves to check out these magnificent glowworms...or as the locals call them: "maggots with glowing bums."
So we embarked on our adventure 200 feet underground equipped with wetsuit, miner's helmet and inner tubes - a good look for both of us, as you an see here:


The Team:



Leaving the cave, we ran across the shearing shed -- you wouldn't think that in a country with 40+ million sheep we would being seeing Angora rabbits, imported from Germany, shorn daily at the only rabbit Shearing Shed in New Zealand. But we did.

Before and during... we didn't stay 'til the end (but i did buy an angora sweater!)


We continued our journey to Napier, which is the beginning of the NZ wine trail. Tomorrow looks to be promising!