TONGARIRO CROSSING with Maria & Edu

A lovely Spanish couple we met during the Tongariro Crossing. Unfortunately we lost them climbing the Devil's Staircase (they were fitter than us!) ********* Una pareja súper maja de españoles que nos encontramos en nuestra marcha del Tongariro Crossing. Lástima que los perdimos subiendo la Escalera del Diablo (¡estaban en mejor forma que nosotros!)

I can smell rotten eggs, was it you? / Me huele a huevos podridos, ¿has sido tú?

May 10th 2007
As soon as we crossed into the North Island, it started to rain. And then it rained some more. We spent two boring days in Wellington, the capital, waiting for the weather to pick up, as we wanted to visit the nearby Kapiti Island, a nature reserve and an important bird sanctuary, home to birds that are nearly extinct in the mainland, including kiwis. The problem with the birds in New Z ... read more

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The Polynesian Maori reached New Zealand in about A.D. 800. In 1840, their chieftains entered into a compact with Britain, the Treaty of Waitangi, in which they ceded sovereignty to Queen Victoria while retaining territorial rights. In that same year... ... read more

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