[Submitted by Saloni on June 24, 2008, 9:02 pm]
Chapter 7
“We have now reached our destination, please watch your step while you get off the boat” the captain announced.
Darn those Glowworms! Justin and I had just ventured up to the top deck where, even though it was cold, the scenery made it a bit romantic especially when he asked me to pose on in front of the huge mountains so that he could take a picture of me! Yay me! And then the captain announced the unthinkable.
Eww, eww, ewwwwww. I wasn’t even in the caves and I was already disgusted. When we got off the boat the first thing I realized was that the glowworm caves were actually in a mountain, then I realized why Te Anau was famous for sand flies. There were thousands of them! The worst thing was that they were so tiny that they got stuck in my hair.
If you think I’m overreacting this if proof of how desperate I was, I wrapped my scarf over my head! Let me tell you that It was such a so ridiculous look that even my mother my started laughing! She would never laugh at me even if I wore hotdog suit.
“Ok guys, I’m Harry and I’m your tour guide I’ll just run through the path that we will be going on before our journey begins.
The first 5-10 minutes will be traveled on foot and then we will come to the glowworm grotto-”
‘Glowworm Grotto! If it sounded so disgusting and looked dark and creepy on the map I was afraid to even picture it in my head. I ignored the queasy feeling in my stomach and tried to concentrate on what Harry was saying.
“So when you enter the Grotto I expect everybody to be very quiet because the glowworms are very timid creatures and if you make any noise at all they will become scared and will switch off. If you don’t have any further questions we shall begin. Another reminder, the walls in some places are very low so the taller fellows will have to bend down.” He then made a gesture for us to follow them. As much as I hate to admit it, when I walked into that one meter high entrance made out of rough rock, my heart actually did jump up and down in excitement. Just a bit though.
Chapter 8
Ouch! Darn it, I had scratched myself on the ‘walls’ of rough rock yet again and that wasn’t even the worst thing, since the light in the cave was so dim that the unexpected bumps in the ceiling were quite hard to avoid and frankly I had lost all my excitement four bruises ago. Now I just wanted to go back and take a nice long hot shower. Justin and Alex on the other hand were ecstatic because they found a small hole full of slimy worms that might have been glowworms, but I just decided not to look. Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for camping, hikes and the outdoors, but when it comes to creepy crawlies I’ll be ten miles away before you can say ‘ yuck!’
“Okay, now please direct your attention onto this rock, as you can see this is made up of two different stones, hence the different colour layerings. The sequence is black, yellow, black and so on. The black stone is granite and the yellow stone is sandstone, which is of course made up sand. As he laughed at his joke he realized no one else was laughing, cleared his throat and moved on. We’re a tough crowd, I know.
While Harry blabbed on, I was in my own world thinking if my name should be Danielle Blanc or Danielle Hope Blanc when Justin and I got married. I mean, we have so much in common like our tastes in music. He, like me, is more of an Akon and T.Pain guy than a 50 cent and Kanye West guy. Our tastes in food are the same too. Like me, he prefers chicken to seafood although he does eat beef which I don’t. And last but not least, both of us hate our siblings.
“Now, who can tell me what this is?” Harry asked as he pointed to a hole in the ceiling. Drops of water were dripping from the top. When I considered what mud and mould that water had gone through you cannot describe what went through my stomach when he reached out and drank some of it!
“Since this water has gone through so many layers of rock, this is the freshest and purest water you can find.
That explains so much
Worst thing is Justin actually tried some of it. I don’t care how pure it was, I wouldn’t drink it if someone gave me a million dollars. Actually I would. Money can’t buy happiness but it sure can buy a pair of Jimmy Choos.
“We have now reached our destination, please watch your step while you get off the boat” the captain announced.
Darn those Glowworms! Justin and I had just ventured up to the top deck where, even though it was cold, the scenery made it a bit romantic especially when he asked me to pose on in front of the huge mountains so that he could take a picture of me! Yay me! And then the captain announced the unthinkable.
Eww, eww, ewwwwww. I wasn’t even in the caves and I was already disgusted. When we got off the boat the first thing I realized was that the glowworm caves were actually in a mountain, then I realized why Te Anau was famous for sand flies. There were thousands of them! The worst thing was that they were so tiny that they got stuck in my hair.
If you think I’m overreacting this if proof of how desperate I was, I wrapped my scarf over my head! Let me tell you that It was such a so ridiculous look that even my mother my started laughing! She would never laugh at me even if I wore hotdog suit.
“Ok guys, I’m Harry and I’m your tour guide I’ll just run through the path that we will be going on before our journey begins.
The first 5-10 minutes will be traveled on foot and then we will come to the glowworm grotto-”
‘Glowworm Grotto! If it sounded so disgusting and looked dark and creepy on the map I was afraid to even picture it in my head. I ignored the queasy feeling in my stomach and tried to concentrate on what Harry was saying.
“So when you enter the Grotto I expect everybody to be very quiet because the glowworms are very timid creatures and if you make any noise at all they will become scared and will switch off. If you don’t have any further questions we shall begin. Another reminder, the walls in some places are very low so the taller fellows will have to bend down.” He then made a gesture for us to follow them. As much as I hate to admit it, when I walked into that one meter high entrance made out of rough rock, my heart actually did jump up and down in excitement. Just a bit though.
Chapter 8
Ouch! Darn it, I had scratched myself on the ‘walls’ of rough rock yet again and that wasn’t even the worst thing, since the light in the cave was so dim that the unexpected bumps in the ceiling were quite hard to avoid and frankly I had lost all my excitement four bruises ago. Now I just wanted to go back and take a nice long hot shower. Justin and Alex on the other hand were ecstatic because they found a small hole full of slimy worms that might have been glowworms, but I just decided not to look. Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for camping, hikes and the outdoors, but when it comes to creepy crawlies I’ll be ten miles away before you can say ‘ yuck!’
“Okay, now please direct your attention onto this rock, as you can see this is made up of two different stones, hence the different colour layerings. The sequence is black, yellow, black and so on. The black stone is granite and the yellow stone is sandstone, which is of course made up sand. As he laughed at his joke he realized no one else was laughing, cleared his throat and moved on. We’re a tough crowd, I know.
While Harry blabbed on, I was in my own world thinking if my name should be Danielle Blanc or Danielle Hope Blanc when Justin and I got married. I mean, we have so much in common like our tastes in music. He, like me, is more of an Akon and T.Pain guy than a 50 cent and Kanye West guy. Our tastes in food are the same too. Like me, he prefers chicken to seafood although he does eat beef which I don’t. And last but not least, both of us hate our siblings.
“Now, who can tell me what this is?” Harry asked as he pointed to a hole in the ceiling. Drops of water were dripping from the top. When I considered what mud and mould that water had gone through you cannot describe what went through my stomach when he reached out and drank some of it!
“Since this water has gone through so many layers of rock, this is the freshest and purest water you can find.
That explains so much
Worst thing is Justin actually tried some of it. I don’t care how pure it was, I wouldn’t drink it if someone gave me a million dollars. Actually I would. Money can’t buy happiness but it sure can buy a pair of Jimmy Choos.