Mount Taranaki Photo 22

January 23rd 2008
January 15, 2008 At 6:15 this morning we said goodbye to Betti before Helen took Eric and I to the airport. It was really sad to have to say goodbye to her, since we have all become really good friends over the last month we’ve spent traveling together. At the airport we had our first snag of the day. Our plane was “having difficulties,” so the flight had been cancelled. They had fran ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Taranaki

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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Chad Stoesz

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Well, this is my third backpacking expedition across New Zealand and it looks to be pretty incredible again. We've got an amazing list of tracks and routes we plan to do that will take us through some pretty remote, rugged, and beautiful pieces of wilderness. This will be a 3 month trip and I'm doing it with my good friends Nick and Andrew Arkis. Along the way we will be meeting up with several of my friends from previous trips who plan to travel with us for parts of the time as well. It's very exciting for me to be getting one more opportunity to do this sort of thing, and even more exc... full info

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