A Tight Squeeze

Going Underground

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April 16th 2006
It was a sunny Easter Sunday & we woke up at Casara Mesa backpackers in Te Kuiti. A twenty minute drive & I was at the Waitomo Caves waiting to be picked up by the 100%!R(MISSING)eal Caving company who would be taking me underground for a day without any touristy gimmicks. I was met by Simon & we waited for the others. Two swedes, Robert & Peter turned up short ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Waitomo Caves

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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