Well, we left beautiful Paihia (have included a pic of her lovely beach), and the surfer town where Drew and I were the only ones that did not surf or snowboard (either as a living or a major hobby). They were really great people (mostly from the UK and the US), but it was time to get going.
We drove in the morning to the Kiwi House to see the beloved Kiwi birds. We saw a great giant gray one (that was the size of a turkey), but it had no wings and really no tail feathers, so it was amazing to see it stand upright and hop from space to space. We couldn't take a pictures, but we did get a pic of the x-ray of the female bird. If you look at it, she is mostly squished up and mostly egg -- AMAZING.
Then we headed onto the Waitomo Caves. Whoa, that was an experience in the glow worm caves. If you know me, I am not the most adventurous soul, but I jumped down 2 small waterfalls (and one practice run) backwards in an inner tube. It was great fun. Also, we saw the glow worms in the caves (which the guide explained to us are glowing, cannabalistic maggot shit that then shags itself to death and starts over -- his words, not mine). We have pics, but they are on a CD, which I will upload when we get back in two weeks.
Lastly, we headed to Rotorua (or as New Zealanders say, Roto-vegas). It was fun to walk around and see the shops, the architecture (which has some German, some Mediterranean, and somewhat turn of the century American). It also has thermal pools, so it was the smell of rotten eggs as you get closer to the water. I have a picture of part of the lake steaming as well. It was pretty cool.
After some fish and chips (a mainstay here) and some pints, we are off to bed.
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