Only 18 more days to go. Is everyone ready? I know I am! In today's post, we will be visiting New Zealand....yes, again! I'm pretty sure I am almost done with NZ posts though!
When in NZ we stopped by the Auckland Zoo. One of the first exhibits we saw was the kiwi exhibit. I was excited to see exactly what the heck a kiwi was. Kiwi's are so popular in NZ, they even call themselves Kiwi's. They have pictures of them everywhere. All over the island. On money, in stores on buildings. Everywhere. Well now, we were going to have our first encounter with a real life kiwi. We headed into this room that lead us into a cave where all of a sudden about 2 steps in I realized I couldn't see anything. It was like instantly going blind. I stopped dead in my tracks and then I hear Lance say, "I can't see anything." It was so dark you couldn't see shadows, or even your hand in front of your face. I was so freaked out I didn't even want to move. I was so afraid I was going to fall! I kept asking Lance where the heck were the kiwi's and why was it so darn dark in there! I started giggling uncontrollably because I was so nervous ( I really don't like not being able to see what's going on. Hopefully I'll never know what it's like to be blind because I'm going to make a very bad blind person!). We were finally in front of this glass wall that had the faintest red light behind it. Somewhere in the rocks and grass was a stinking kiwi. Apparently kiwi's are nocturnal. Hence the can't see anything in front of you cave that we had just walked into.
We never saw a real live kiwi in the dark cave. I could have avoided the whole thing and just looked at it's picture! But, then I wouldn't have the wonderful memory of Lance and I both laughing so hard at how dark it was in there. Luckily we made it out before anyone else came in or we may have accidentally run into them. This cave would be SO against the law here in the U.S. I don't see how they were getting away with it in NZ.
Here is a picture from that day at the zoo. We both really liked that zoo and had a great time seeing all the cool animals!
Love,
Suzanne
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