We woke up after a restful nights sleep. The sites are proving to be very quiet. They all have a strict quiet time usually from about 10pm to 7am. Packed up and headed for Waitomo. It was only a short drive, about 15kms. We went to the isite office. They are the NZ visitor information. Very helpful and you can book camp sites , tours etc there. We spoke with the lady and decided we would do a double tour at Waitomo. The first was a 2 hour tour of the Ruakuri Cav...

It's 8pm here in New Zealand. I think it's 7am in England. So this is a bit like the morning paper. I didn't say in my last blog that NZ is so much like England. They drive on the left for a start. You order drinks at the bar and pay at the time. None of this sit down rubbish and then get a bill. No need to tip either. The expected tip in Canada and USA is 20%. Someone wrote on a toilet wall in a bar in San Diego 'Tip the wait staff you Euro trash'. So I wrote u...