Blue Lake

Looking a bit dull. This is the point where you leave the craters behind and head over the crest and descend to our pick up point. Only another 4hours to go!!! Oh, and thats Laura heading back triumphantly after cunningly taking a wee under a large rock.

Tour of the Ring (thats really bad punning)

January 10th 2008
We drove into Lake Taupo in much need of some relaxation as well as desperate to do some laundry. We solved both of these mini problems (let’s face it when you are out seeing the world these problems are certainly not major) by checking ourselves into the De Bretts Resort. A very strange lady checked us in (for those of you who went to uni with me think Sarah Chadd with severe sunburn) and kin ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Tongariro National Park

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

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