Limestone Caves :-)

Whilst making our way to Invercargill, our driver 'Beanz' told us to wear clothes we didn't mind getting dirty and to bring a torch. He had a little suprise in store for us. Most of us had guessed it would be caving and we were right! i was pleased as i havn't been in any of New Zealand's caves yet. It was like entering into another world, not a good place to be if you get chlostophobic though. The limestone had formed various features and the surface was slippy. There was lots of ducking and bending down and a few sore heads when we had finished. There was sign of previous cave dwellers as cavegraffitti lined the walls. The walls and ceiling wee lined with glow worms which was pretty cool to see. Eventually we had to turn around when we came to a small pool, it is possible to swim through and continue, but that was a bit too adventurous for us, so we turned back and eventually found the light. It is fairly easy to direct yourself in and out of the cave as whit markers take you in and yellow reflective markers take you out, it was a wicked moment and made me think aboutball the caves still yet to be discovered.