the funky green voyager

The Catch Up From New Year

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January 10th 2009
Taupo is in a very volcanic area and we visited a thermal area called Craters of the Moon. It was a nice leisurely walk round steaming pools, hissing steam and bubbling mud complete with the ever present bad eggs smell. On New Year's Eve we had been talking to a woman from Derby who recommended a sail on the lake so we booked on the afternoon trip. It was an old two mast yacht called the Barbar ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island

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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