Mount doom

Actually mount doom is the one on the right called mt ngauruhoe(the setting for mount doom in lord of the rings films) and the one on the left is called mt tongariro - we climbed inbetween these two peaks when we did the tongariro crossing -much of this area was used as mordor in lord of the rings

Climbing Mount Doom and swimming with seal's

November 18th 2005
Hello all, I realize it has been a while since my last blog - we are all safe and well and enjoying our time in new zealand! We are now 13 hours ahead which makes phoning home quite interesting! When I last wrote to you Clara and I had gone to Cha-am, a beach town with mostly thai visitors in Thailand. It was a little like an english beach town in that there were lots of shops linin ... 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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