wow.... seriously?
no one? anyone? bueller?
my hub and i ended up
on a month long holiday
in NZ, and since it was my
idea and fully planned and
executed by moi, i made sure
that a few adventure pkgs
were part of the deal....
one of which was black water rafting
which was actually tubing down a
river that ran thru a cave system
(waitomo caves if anyone knows NZ)
home of the famed glow worms...
it was a 3 hr trip in 12-14° C water
with the only light being provided
by the dozen headlamps of the rafters...
there were leaps off waterfall edges into
pools of the blackest water i have ever
seen... claustrophobic passages that had
to be managed with a frikkin inner tube
slung over one shoulder and drop dead
hilarious tour guides who could not resist
torturing the tourists...
at one point, they told everyone to turn
off their headlamps and they would slap
an inner tube on the water, in order to
disturb the glow worms so they would
begin their display of bioluminesence....
then we were to float out following the
glow from the cathederal roof of the
limestone caverns....
the guides warned us, there in a dark so deep
you could not see your hand in front of your face
that the river forked before it got to the end...
we would know we had drifted down the wrong
fork if the lights disappeared!!!! then they said
"if you have any questions, raise your hands"
this belongs on someone's
"things i would like to do before
i miss my chance to live forever
in paradise" list