Rainbow Van

Taupo

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April 19th 2007
I have less than three weeks left in New Zealand which is longer than most people take for a a years worth of holiday, but to me it feels like the beginning of the end. My last stop is a town called Lake Taupo which is a lot like Lake Tahoe except on a smaller, New Zealand scale. I work at the Rainbow Lodge hostel in the mornings cleaning and changing beds in exchange for a room. Scrubbing toi ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Taupo

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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