Sometimes this tiny little drop doesn't go all the way to the floor. It gets attached to the pillar (stalactite). Did you know that it takes on average about 100 years for a stalactite to grow only 1 centimetre?
Showing posts with label Waitomo Caves. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Waitomo Caves. Show all posts
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Waitomo Caves IV
Sometimes this tiny little drop doesn't go all the way to the floor. It gets attached to the pillar (stalactite). Did you know that it takes on average about 100 years for a stalactite to grow only 1 centimetre?
Day off
I'm having a relaxing day today.
I went to Rotorua yesterday taking with me a couple from Australia and a Korean girl. It was almost like a private tour. It's still low season and a bit cold. That's the reason why we don't have many Europeans in New Zealand at the moment. And we can't forget that's summer in Europe!
The tour was great and they loved it. From the tourists point of view it's better going on a trip if you have a small group, which means they get to ask you lot's of questions and make the most of it! I also enjoy small groups and the main reason is that you can give a more personalized service, interacting more with the passengers.
Afer we left Rotorua the couple decided to do the Glowworm Caves while the Korean went to the Museum of the Caves. They've loved it!
I went to Rotorua yesterday taking with me a couple from Australia and a Korean girl. It was almost like a private tour. It's still low season and a bit cold. That's the reason why we don't have many Europeans in New Zealand at the moment. And we can't forget that's summer in Europe!
The tour was great and they loved it. From the tourists point of view it's better going on a trip if you have a small group, which means they get to ask you lot's of questions and make the most of it! I also enjoy small groups and the main reason is that you can give a more personalized service, interacting more with the passengers.
Afer we left Rotorua the couple decided to do the Glowworm Caves while the Korean went to the Museum of the Caves. They've loved it!
Sunday, August 9, 2009
An interesting story...
One of my drivers has this story to tell:
You know when you get a group of people that are just so much fun to do the tour with that really to get paid for the job on top of it is amazing. Anyway I did have many of those tours by now, but this one is a special one. I had three people for the tour - one couple from Australia and one lady from Tahiti. First a bit more about the couple from Australia - the girlfriend had organised a surprise trip for her partners birthday including 3 nights in a really nice hotel in Auckland and the day trip to Rotorua. It was his birthday on the day of the tour. Yes I am a bit of a romantic and they were a really nice couple too. The lady from Tahiti was a cop - which made also for very interesting conversation - especially as we started the trip off with breath testing in Auckland - luckily I passed :) ... drinking on the job would not have been a good look especially when it is only 6.45am. We had a lot of interesting conversations on the way and I always enjoy finding out more about other people and their way of living.
On the way back from the Waitomo Caves - and they all enjoyed that very much, while we were again deep in conversation we ended up following this very strange driver. Going really slow on the straight - so in a 100km zone he would slow down to 40km, then around corners he would speed up and nearly hit 100km and yes you guessed correct he did not stay in his lane either. In short he was surely very drunk. This was about 5.30pm in the afternoon. So really a little early to be drunk. The group also noticed his driving behaviour and we made sure to keep a lot of distance. And unfortunately with a van it is not so easy to overtake so we were stuck behind him. But when he ended up taking some road posts out the whole group decided it was time to call the police and get this guy of the road. So yes we had our own little cop story - on the phone to the police while following this guy and giving the location of where he was going best as we could. Luckily he did turn off - as it looked like a very small street it probably was his home and we were all save.
But as you can see it made for an interesting trip.
You know when you get a group of people that are just so much fun to do the tour with that really to get paid for the job on top of it is amazing. Anyway I did have many of those tours by now, but this one is a special one. I had three people for the tour - one couple from Australia and one lady from Tahiti. First a bit more about the couple from Australia - the girlfriend had organised a surprise trip for her partners birthday including 3 nights in a really nice hotel in Auckland and the day trip to Rotorua. It was his birthday on the day of the tour. Yes I am a bit of a romantic and they were a really nice couple too. The lady from Tahiti was a cop - which made also for very interesting conversation - especially as we started the trip off with breath testing in Auckland - luckily I passed :) ... drinking on the job would not have been a good look especially when it is only 6.45am. We had a lot of interesting conversations on the way and I always enjoy finding out more about other people and their way of living.
On the way back from the Waitomo Caves - and they all enjoyed that very much, while we were again deep in conversation we ended up following this very strange driver. Going really slow on the straight - so in a 100km zone he would slow down to 40km, then around corners he would speed up and nearly hit 100km and yes you guessed correct he did not stay in his lane either. In short he was surely very drunk. This was about 5.30pm in the afternoon. So really a little early to be drunk. The group also noticed his driving behaviour and we made sure to keep a lot of distance. And unfortunately with a van it is not so easy to overtake so we were stuck behind him. But when he ended up taking some road posts out the whole group decided it was time to call the police and get this guy of the road. So yes we had our own little cop story - on the phone to the police while following this guy and giving the location of where he was going best as we could. Luckily he did turn off - as it looked like a very small street it probably was his home and we were all save.
But as you can see it made for an interesting trip.
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