After a quick breakfast, we headed back towards Springfield (half way through) to check out large boulders that are along the way. Some folks did rock climbing on them, we were not equipped for that.
The main attraction of the day was, without a doubt, the water cave (or cave stream as it might be called). It's a walk through a cave that has water running though it. The walk took us about 40 minutes (sign says 1 hours..). The water was freezing cold. At first I couldn't even have my feet in it for more than 10 seconds or so, as it was too painful. Zion, who nothing seems to bother him, simply went in (water to his waist). I followed and after a couple of minuted the pain seemed to have vanished. It took a bit of persuation to get Arik on board. We had to used headlights (of which we only had two), since it was pitch dark (a 40 minute walk in a cave ...). The experience was awesome! The view inside the cave was brilliant. Unfortunately, we didn't bring cameras (although we could have) for fear of them getting wet.
After the water cave we returned to Cass to grab our gear. Originally, we planned to continue to Arthur's Pass, but Zion claimed it was St. Patrick's Day today, and we figured we could have a quick run to Christchurch for all the action. Anyway, he was wrong... It's tomorrow. But here we are in Christchurch yet again :(
Also, on the way to Christchurch I was caught speeding (80 instead of 50) right at the entence to the city. It was very unpleasant, especially in light of the fact that the odometer is broken, which is a problem with cars that run on Diesel in NZ (as you are supposed to buy km's). Anyway, since I have no address in NZ, and since I pretended to be an American, I got off the hook with just a warning...
Tomorrow we are leaving this place for good, gutting all the way to Arthur's Pass! At least that's the plan...
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