We took a trip down to Waitomo, a tiny town built on top of some pretty impressive limestone caves. We visited one of the main caves, which is full of glow worms.
They warned us it would be cold inside the cave, so here are the little glow worms about to put on their sweatshirts.
It turned out to be only a little chilly, and mostly really humid, inside the cave. It was breathtakingly beautiful, and the boys were awed into silence and just trotted along with their little hands in mine. Unfortunately we were not allowed to take photos inside-- but the photos in the website I linked above are probably better than what I would have taken anyway.
The last portion of the cave tour was a boat ride through a silent underground lake with the ghostly blue glow worm constellations above us. The boat was pulled hand-over-hand along a nearly-invisible wire by a woman standing on the prow. Her name was Sharon and I really enjoyed that.
Here is the cavern we exited through, and some happy little boys.
They warned us it would be cold inside the cave, so here are the little glow worms about to put on their sweatshirts.
It turned out to be only a little chilly, and mostly really humid, inside the cave. It was breathtakingly beautiful, and the boys were awed into silence and just trotted along with their little hands in mine. Unfortunately we were not allowed to take photos inside-- but the photos in the website I linked above are probably better than what I would have taken anyway.
The last portion of the cave tour was a boat ride through a silent underground lake with the ghostly blue glow worm constellations above us. The boat was pulled hand-over-hand along a nearly-invisible wire by a woman standing on the prow. Her name was Sharon and I really enjoyed that.
Here is the cavern we exited through, and some happy little boys.
5 comments:
Another wonderful adventure! The boys are so fortunate to have the opportunities you give them to learn, grow and love the beauty all around you.
May I add that she bought a tiny "glow worm" stuffed toy for Amiri, and it is one of his most treasured toys? Right now they are playing "Going into the Glow Worm Cave" and are very engrossed and totally involved. Those caves sound SO impressive and they certainly impressed Amiri and Arram!
These caves look just beautiful and the boys so happy to be on their adventure.
What fun and educational things you find to do!!!
I just noticed that Amira looks like he's playing the fence like a harp. Look at his hands! Ha! LOL
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