I have had a crazy few days since I last updated this page! I have been hanging out with a very fun group the last couple days. We spent Wednesday laying on the beach avoiding the nasty sand flies and working on our sunburn, er I mean tan. That Evening the 6 of us made pasta for dinner in our hostel and hung out and chatted. I really wish you could have heard the conversations. We are hanging out with this really load English dude Chris. He is hillarious, always joking about how the English just took over countries and put a flag down back in the day. "Look mate, we've got more land!" It was very funny!

Yesterday morning we headed to Waitomo caves to do a wee bit of caving. It. Was. Amazing! After squeezing into our already wet wetsuits, we headed through a herd of sheep to enter the cave. I was a bit nervous. They asked us if we were claustraphobic, I said no. But do I really know? Have I spent a lot of time under ground in a cave with a river running through it? No. Not at all actually! Anyway. . .We decended undergound about 20 meters and had to jump in the water. It was very cold!! Ridiculously cold actually! However, I was wearing a wetsuit, so it wasn't uber uncomfortable. We did some caving and blackwater rafting. It was great fun. I wish I could explain things a bit more vividely for you, but just take my word for it. We had to shimmy through some very small openings, not easy to do with wellies on! (Rubber boots for all the Americans out there.) We were underground for about two hours playing in the ground water that rushed through the cave. It was an experience of a lifetime!

After the caves we went to a shearing shed about 1/2 mile down the road. They were shearing Angora Rabitts!! It was very sad and funny at the same time. The rabbits were all cute and furry, but then we saw the one tied up being sheard. Poor thing! I have loads of pics, I am sure you will get a laugh or two!

In the evening we headed to a Maori Cultural dinner and show. It was quite fun. I will fill you in later, as my crew is headed out to go Zorbing---yes Zorbing. Its like a large Hamster ball that you ride in down a hill. And yes, Mo, I will go again when you come to visit! I will post a bunch of photos later on as well.

Love and miss you all!