Today was double adventure day. After our typical breakfast of yogurt, blueberries (they're in season) and muesli (granola), we hit the road for Waitomo and the glow worm caves. We started with a 2-hour tour in the Raukuri cave. We had a very knowledgeable guide. Bethany, a geology graduate from Oregon, moved to New Zealand for the caving. She is very passionate about geology and caves. We descended about 60m into the earth where it is very dark and damp (which I will take over hot and damp any day). The stalagmites, stalactites, and columns were fascinating. Below us a river flowed (we had hoped to raft the river but it was sold out today) and we could hear a waterfall. Bethany told us all about the glow worms which are really maggots. The glow comes from their poo. But as Bethany said, who wants to visit the pooping maggot caves. Glow worms sound much more cuddly. The worms flicker as tiny blue-green d...