The Problem with NZ...

... is that once you've tried this land blessed by Nature, other countries may look tasteless.
I will check this myself in the future, but for now, NZ scores high...

But before leaving, I need to try a last NZ-speciality : Cave Rafting : in the area of Waitomo, there are several caves,, that you need to access abseiling (27 m down)

then, you walk in the water, just with your headlight,  then sail down the river on your tube

 

You have the right to have fun at the boots

to reach a kind of cavern where glowing worms illuminate the ceiling so brightly that you could see without headlight... really cool

 
(oh, of course, the go pro is not accepted "for safety reason"... no comment)

Once the 20m climb back is done, it's 13h, just the time to drive back to Auckland Airport, drop the car and check in for a 4 hours flight to Melbourne.

Dubai ? no, Auckland, both flight going to Dubai, one via MEL, one via SYD

 The 30 minutes free wifi in the airport is nice, but I don't have much time to enjoy it between a burger at Hungry Jack (Burger King in France) and the a380 which is now ready for depart (BTW, the flight was a real pleasure, 2 movies in the tremendous list, real hot meal (LARGE salmon piece) with metal cutlery.

Honest Serving

I almost wished it would be longer (the NZ experience and the flight)...