near taupo

June 29th 2006
The Bourgening adrenaline junky in me needed one more big hit. Just one hit like. Then, I promised myself that I would abandon this dangerously fast lifestyle for a job and a mortgage. Newzealand would provide ample oppurtunity for a fix to remember. - Irvine Walsh eat your heart out. The weather had turned ugly and New Zealand was experiencing its coldest winter in a decade. Freezing rain fel ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Tongariro National Park

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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Kris and Dennie

The Open Road

Previously: Moved to England to teach high school english- gave up, quit and left for round the world trip. Traveled through the Middle East, SE Asia, Australia, NZ, and Fiji prior to arriving back home to Canada. Spent the next school year trying desperately to be the cool substitute teacher who tells stories of wild adventures and remembers what it was like to be a teenager... Failed miserably. Lived and worked in Valencia Spain with my girlfriend (now wife!) Dennie for 2 years, and taught highschool drama. After a year teaching Grade 7/8 at a community school, I now teach high school histo... full info

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