The republic of whangamomona and mount doom, oh and a wee sky dive

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In the centre of new zealand there is a little area known as whangamomona that claimed independance 20 years ago. We got our passports stamped when we entered at the local hotel. very bizarre. We also saw mount doom from the lord of the rings films and we jumped out of a plane at 12000ft.

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Photos

The republic of Whangamomona
random

mount doom
a lovely volcano

mount doom 2
apparently a lot of the volcano shots were filmed on this volcano too. thankfully it did not erupt while were there.

sky dive taupo
mums dont freak out. they do 30000 jumps here a year with a 100% safety record. otherwise we wouldn't have done it in a million years!

our pink sky dive plane
very macho!

a happy sky diver!
he doesn't even look nervous. hard as nails.

on the plane and ready to go!
aaaahhhhhh!

cathy floating down with steve.
steve was the most experienced sky diver in new zealand with over 15000 jumps under his belt. crazy man.

me and steve after the jump
he was a very cool guy.calm as anything.my legs were like jelly from the adrenalin.i'm just about standing up here.