Rafting:7m Falls

Rotorua

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October 30th 2006
And so to Rotorua....yikes....what a smell....of bad eggs crossed with rotting dogfood, indescribable. And the worst thing is, it's not constant...it comes in waves and wafts so that just when you think you can breathe through your nose BAM it knocks you out again! However, with all the activities here, you just get on with it. So of course, as soon as our hostel is arranged, out we go to Off ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Rotorua

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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