The Road Trip - Day 3

It's the 3rd of March and we have to leave The Chateau.  This is the view from The Chateau looking over towards Taranaki Falls.  (The proper name is Chateau Tongariro). 

We had breakfast in our room and Bibley had the rest of her dessert from the previous night (some sort of choccie concoction) as well as her breakfast - "yes I had fruit for breakfast".

We finished packing as it was time to leave.  So we drove higher and higher (this is where we're going)

And this is where we ended up.

Above the clouds.

We grabbed a coffee from one of the highest cafes in New Zealand and made our way down.

We were starting to make our way home now, our road trip was coming to an end, but there was still one more surprise awaiting us.

We made our way north towards Hamilton and stopped at Waitomo Glowworm Caves - WOW and double WOW.

No photos were allowed, so here is a photo of a postcard to give you an idea of what it was like.  The postcard does not do the caves justice in any way. They are beyond words.

Once we had finished here, we made our way north to Auckland.  There was no time to go home as we were going for a Japanese meal (well we had to stay in the car because we're not allowed in restaurants for some reason !!!).

Bibley went for her meal, she's never had Japanese before and struggled using chop sticks.  She says she's got to practice now for next time.  The meal was lovely and they all went for dessert in another restaurant.

It was then time to go home.  It's was a long day.