Saturday, February 19, 2011

Back at the ranch

Back in Auckland at Joy's house for the night and then on our way to Bay of Islands.  Getting ready to enjoy homemade sausage soup.  Mass today at St. Johns Anglican in  Te Awamutu the Vicar was a dead ringer for Barry Fitzgerald for those of you who remember "The Bells of St. Mary" with Bing Crosby.  Yesterday we went to Waitomo Cave 44 meters underground and 600 meters in.  The cave itself is 13 km long so we only saw a small part of it.  The cave is illuminated by millions of glow worms in the ceiling and I could not do justice in describing it. Tour included a silent boat ride where you could hear the water dripping into the underground  river.  I will try and start uploading more photos as we are now back on line with good modem speed.
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  1. Tracy RiserFebruary 20, 2011 at 4:15 PM

    Just in case you didn't already know......

    Glow worms are not really worms, but are actually the larvae of an insect known as the fungus gnat. The fungus gnat larvae are found in grottoes, caves, and other sheltered places in Australia and New Zealand. The glow they make is from burning their own waste. In other words the awesomeness you were looking at was actually maggot poo.... ..just sayin'. Indescribable beautiful shit!!!

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  2. Katie and MikeFebruary 25, 2011 at 2:37 PM

    and they are very tasty...a new zealand delicacy!

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