Tavis and I stayed till Monday at Rotorua just relaxing. On Monday we drove to Otorohanga stopping at Tirau where they love corrugated iron and have the tourist info and wool shop made as a giant dog and sheep. We also stopped at a Kiwi house where day and night are reversed so you can see the nocturnal kiwis during the day. They also have lots of other cool birds, lizards and trees. Tuesday: I did the Waitomo Lost World 7 hour Epic (www.waitomo.co.nz) 100 metre Abseil followed by 2km of caving- wading, swimming, climbing and spider climbing through spectacular caves. We saw fossilized oysters and glowworms. We got to jump through holes in the rocks into rivers below in pitch black and walk through waterfalls as well as clambering up, over and under rocks. It
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