The Top of Mt Doom.

NZ to Fiji - The mayhem ends and the beach begins.

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May 11th 2007
I'm currently sat at Wellington airport ready to fly to Fiji. I'm not sure if I'll be able to blog well there so this could be one of the last (I know, you're all understandably very upset). Since the last blog the weather got better. The Bay of Islands was great fun and included one of the most dangerous activities I've done - and it was free!! Sandboarding down giant sand dunes was highly en ... 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