Climbing Mount Doom

Adventure capital of the WORLD!!!

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March 31st 2007
We have made it 1/2 way through New Zealand - Wellington and only two weeks gone another 4 to go and explore the south island. we shall be taking the south island a bit slower, but probaly in short bursts as its always nice to get to know the people on the bus who are normaly going through alot quicker than us. In Rotarua we went to the spa pools - 42 degree geothermicaly heated pools that sti ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Wellington

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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