Drove to the Bay of Islands today. We stay in Paihia. We went to Keri Keri. This is one of the oldest settlements on the North Island. We visited a chocolate factory and hiked to Rainbow falls. With not a lot of sun, there was no rainbow today. We then went to the Puketi forest to see lots of Kauri trees. We got rained on a bit but the canopy was so dense that it stopped a lot of rain. On the way to Paihia, we stopped at Kawiti Cave to see hundreds of glow worms. They only glow when they are hungry to attract insects and other bugs. They put out long web like strands to catch insects which they keep alive and slowly turn to soup before eating them. The cave has been in the same family for 15 generations. We heard lots of stories of granddad and all of the relatives. The story goes that the cave was found by the wife of a mean king who was running away and hid in the cave. She was later found and adopted by the village. The walls were carbon dated for fire marks and seem to date back to the 1600’s. What a long time for the same family to live on the same place. Another nice day but the first rain in a while. The rain was predicted by the glow worms and the bugs coming into the cave to escape the coming rain. The cave guide predicted rain soon. It has gotten a bit colder in New Zealand than in Australia or Indonesia. We are actually wearing long pants here. Hard to believe after going almost 3 weeks without wearing shoes or long pants.