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Mt. Doom!

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November 9th 2007
It's beginning to be a running theme on this trip that to do fun things you have to get up really early! This is Joe writing the blog as Kim decided to opt out of todays activity! Anyway, as I was saying, early mornings are becoming more familiar and today was no exepction! So, the alarm went off at 5am.... yes, 5am and me, Tim and the Canada crew got up for our walk through the Tongariro national ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Tongariro National Park

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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