Huka Falls
Enough water passes through here each second to fill two olympic sized swimming pools.
From: Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Taupo
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 yea... [read more]
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 yea... [read more] Blog: Legends of the Fall
Date: December 13th 2006
I'm being pushed and pulled to the edge, a quick smile for the camera (always!) and then I'm hanging off the side of a plane staring down twelve thousand feet to Lake Taupo (the southern hemisphere's largest crater lake) then before I can really process what is going to happen, Berry, my tandem guide, releases his grip and we flip forward making a few loops before free falling towards the crystal ... read more
Date: December 13th 2006
I'm being pushed and pulled to the edge, a quick smile for the camera (always!) and then I'm hanging off the side of a plane staring down twelve thousand feet to Lake Taupo (the southern hemisphere's largest crater lake) then before I can really process what is going to happen, Berry, my tandem guide, releases his grip and we flip forward making a few loops before free falling towards the crystal ... read more
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Recent gradutate of the University of Georiga, class of 2006. Spent Fall 2006 travelling around Asia and hitting up New Zealand briefly before returning to the states for a Christmas surprise. Following a brief return to the states I embarked on Part Deuce beginning in Italy, then to Egypt, Jordan, Israel, the Bahamas, Ecuador, Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore....and then stopped for lunch in New Zealand on my way back home.... full info
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