I've been in new Zealand three days and it's supposed to be summer here. I have worn my jacket, my silk thermal underwear and my long pants every day. So it's chilly and it has poured rain as well for the three days. We went to Waiomo today to see the glow worms, took a silent boat ride in the cave and saw the stalactites and stalagmites. It seems like we did something else this morning but I do think that was all. Lots of green rolling hills, sheep and some funny looking cows. They were black with a big white stripe around the middle like a big white belt. Yesterday we were in Rotorua. We actually spent 2 nights there. The first night they did a Maori feast in our hotel then The following day we went to a farm agrodome show. They showed us about 20 different varieties of sheep, sheared a sheep and milked a cow, had a sheep dog heard some ducks around the stage and then the sheep dogs herded sheep out in the field. We also went to a Maori historical place and geyeser. We saw fabulous wood carving of totem poles, weaving of flag into rope, dresses, baskets. They can make just about anything out of flax. And we also saw the geysers erupting and heard about the healing properties of the mud and sulfur. Geothermal activity.
Tomorrow we are off to e bay of islands.
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