Xmas Parade 4

The Long Way Round

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December 15th 2009
Well I finally made it to Taupo and am working at a hostel here until it's time to go to Bay of Islands, but what a crazy route, as you can see from the map showing my journey of the last week and a bit. For some reason I opted to show the bus route from Hamilton to Taupo so you can see I stopped at Rotorua for 30mins, I don't know why I did that, but I do know that I really wanted to go to Rotoru ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Taupo

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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