That night we were left by half of the tour group; the tour sort of resembles a jump-on jump-off deal. We were joined that morning by 17 new comers and off we went, bound for Rotarua.
On board was a nice mix of new chicks and a couple cool new blokes too. As we headed towards Waitomo (lit: big hole [cave] of water) I sat next to Ryan, Charlotte and Susanne (whom I hung with most), all great folk.
Anyway, at Waitomo the caving and quad bike options seemed to expensive to me so I spent a few hours taking a nature walk through a lovely forest, followed by a viewing of shaving Angora rabbits, followed by a tour through a glow worm cave, topped off with a snooze in the park. The glow worm cave was really cool because its cathedral is regarded to have wonderfully extraordinary acoustics and has been used as a concert hall for opera singers, Rod Stewart, The Vienna Boys Choir, and others.
(The thing about caves though is that photos tend to turn out black.)