Black water rafting
Trip Start
Mar 25, 2008
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Trip End
Apr 22, 2008
Waitomo Caves,
New Zealand
Friday, April 11, 2008
We went down to the Waitomo glowworm caves and had a blast. We did this combo which lets you do all the cool things in one go! We were a group of five and the guide, Daz a typical Kiwi guy, and three gyus from the UK. Fun group. First we had to change into a wetsuit, awful pants, harnets and gum boots! That was a shocking outfit! I just ingnored the fact that I was working for the fashion industry, god looked we stupid!! :-) After some "dry training" on ropes how to use the rope and safety instructions we went to the cave entrace. It went straight down ... like 30m and we had to abseil it ... by ourselves! Standing on the edge of the ramp, I was like ... alright, I am leaving. But it' s easier than it looks like. You slide down in a breeze. From then we did some exploring of the caves, black water rafting and rock climbing. It was amazing. The glowworms are awesome. The glow brightly. I didn' t know that they were dying out, they only exist in Southern Oz and NZ these days... so even more enjoyable to see them. It looked like a night sky full of little stars! After watching the glow worms we climbed some rocks... steep ones and climbed thorugh tiny holes. It was really fun.
In the end we had to climb up the 30m we came down. It was really steep. But we all made it. Daz shot some really cool pictures of all of us during the tour, but ... cannot upload them right now... later on! Unfortunately my digital camera decided to quit on me and broke down. There is nothing to repair anymore, which makes me really mad, why now?! I hate it!
Right now, we are on our way to Auckland. We stopped at Raglan, this amazing surefer beach and laid down on the beach for some hours before continueing on the two hour drive to Auckland, one of our final destinations.
