Super Woman with Pummice Stone

Now for the steamy bit...

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May 27th 2007
Route Taupo - Tauranga - Rotarua Diary There was very little apart from pine forest between Napier and Taupo, but at points along the way we saw the odd cloud of what seemed to be steam rising from the middle of the forest, and once in Taupo realised that volcanic gases are being released all over the place. Taupo is surrounded by hot pools and geothermally active areas and ... 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