Despite the smile I am very scared!

Queenstown! Wahoo!

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June 15th 2007
I finally did the long awaited, much feared, canyon swing! I arrived at the Canyon Swing headquarters in town and signed my life away. I had to jump on the scales too which was also pretty scary! But much to my relief they didn't write my weight on my hand as they do with the bungee jumps but they drew a picture on my hand instead to indicate the weight bracket! (Thank God!) So anyway, we all jum ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Queenstown

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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