NZ CONTINUED....

1.10.08...DAY 64...
9.40AM...NO HURRY...WHY HURRY...BE HAPPY.
10.05AM...TWO CUPS OF TEA.
10.30AM...SHOWER/SHAVE.
11.15AM...BACON/MUSHROOM/EGG ON TOAST...CUPPA TEA.
12.10PM...NU SEARCHING FOR HER ANXIETY PILLS.
12.20PM...NU FOUND HER ANXIETY PILLS...SHE WAS GETTING A BIT ANXIOUS!
12.23PM...IN CAR...FOOT DOWN.
12.34PM...WAITOMO GLOWWORM CAVE SEEING TOUR...IT WAS MEANT TO START AT 12.3OPM...LUCKILY THEY ARE RUNNING LATE.
12.45PM...WALKING THRU DEEP DARK CAVERNS...NO SIGN OF GLOWORMS YET.
12.55PM...BIG OLD CAVE THIS ONE...STALAGNITES AND STALAGTITES...THEY CALL THIS CAVE THE CATHEDRAL...KENNY ROGERS AND THE VIENNA VOICE CHOIR HAVE PERFORMED HERE[AMONGST OTHERS]...THE ACCOUSTICS ARE GOOD...SO WE ARE TOLD...ARE EXCEPTIONAL...SHOULD I BURST INTO SONG!?
1.05PM...WALKING FURTHER INTO CAVE[CAVES]...A FEW GLOWORMS ARE GLOWING.
1.20PM...IN A BOAT/LONG CANOE...GOING THRU CAVE WATER WAY...GLOWORMS IN ABUNDANCE...LOOKS LIKE A 1980'S DISCO!...WAITOMO MEANS WATERHOLE ON MAORI...THIS CAVE WAS FOUND BY A MAN WALKING HIS DOG IN 1910...I THINK THEY SHOULD HAVE NAMED THE CAVE AFTER THE DOG...TREVOR?
1.35PM...TOUR OVER...AS WE EMERGE FROM THE CAVE THE HEAVENS OPEN.
1.45PM...IN CAR ON THE WAY TO NEXT TOUR THAT STARTS AT 2.00PM.
2.05PM...RUNIAKA CAVES...NARROW DOOR WAY...NU AND I GO IN SIDEWAYS.
2.20PM...VAST INSIDE...LIGHTS BOUNCING OF STALAGTITES/STALAGNITES...WONDER IF THE BEEGEES ARE IN RESIDENCE?
2.40PM...WELL WORTH A VISIT...BUT NOT AS GOD AS GLOWORM TOUR.
3.10PM...GIFT SHOP.
3.20PM...NU BOUGHT SHOULDER BAG AND POSTCARDS.
3.50PM...PUB...GIRL[REBECCA] WE MET IN KIWIANA,SOUTH ISLE IS THERE...SMALL WORLD.
4.20PM...PLAYING POOL WITH LOCAL.
5.00PM...LOST 2-1...LIFES UNFAIR...THE CUE WAS USELESS!
5.15PM...TWISTED SHRIMPS/SALAD/CHIPS...COULD HAVE DONE WITH AFEW MORE SHRIMPS!
6.20PM...BACK AT LODGE...I'VE ENJOYED TODAY.


2.10.08...DAY 65...
8.10AM...LONG DRIVE TODAY.
8.20AM...TWO CUPS OF TEA.
8.40AM...SHOWER.
9.10AM...TOAST/JAM...ANOTHER CUPPA.
9.40AM...I THINK THATS EVERYTHING IN THE CAR.
9.55AM...OFF WE SET.
10.25AM...SUPERMARKET/NEWSAGENTS.
11.50AM...HAMILTON...APPARENTLY THE WORST TOWN IN NZ FOR THUGGERY...GOT LOST...GOING WRONG WAY...NZ DOESN'T DO GOOD ROAD SIGNS.
12.40PM...CORAMANDEL PENISULA...56K TO GO.
2.00PM...CORAMANDEL TOWN...LOOKS INVITING.
2.30PM...BOOKED 3 NIGHTS AT ANCHOR LODGE.
3.20PM...THEY'RE STILL BUILDING THE PLACE...SO I FAIR BIT OF BANGING GOING ON...THATS PROBABLY WHY ITS ONLY FIFTY DOLLARS A NIGHT.
4.10PM...WALKED INTO TOWN CENTRE...ONLY A STONE'S THROW.
4.50PM...NEED FOOD.
5.20PM...FISH AND CHIPS...GUANARD AND LEMON.
5.40PM...WONDERFUL FISH...CHIPS?...WELL...CHIPS ARE CHIPS.
6.30PM...BACK AT LODGE...READING NEWSPAPER...GLASS OF RED WINE.

SEE YOU SOON.

BYE FOR NOWZ.