Went to Waitomo Caves this morning – took the basic tour to see a small part of the caves and glow worms. Impressive amount of care used to give minimum amount of lighting necessary for taking groups of people through an otherwise pitch dark cave, up and down stairs. It was very very quiet mostly (small groups of people travelling around) and ended with a boat ride with many glow worms overhead. That was astonishing to see – it looked like stars in a dark sky with clouds or fireflies (non-blinking) perched in trees overhead but it was many many glowworms. Beautiful. There were no photos allowed inside the caves so google it my friends and look at the wonderful sights to be seen via photos taken by others.

Then it was a dash across the island towards Hobbiton. What to say – HOBBITON!

And finally, Day Two’s Sunset.