I can offer no explanation, but there were worse pictures than this one, much, much worse!

New Zealand: Hobbits and Skydiving

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December 17th 2006
Kia Ora (hello in Maori) Well the weather has finally improved thankfully and it is now nice and sunny reaching the mid-twenties. It is amazing how a little bit of sunshine can really improve a place. But I guess that´s a bit hard to imagine when you are sat back home in old Blighty freezing to death. On Monday we decided to drive back to Rotorua, which is where we first started out and th ... 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