Lauren and Instructor

ARRGGHH...

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April 2nd 2008
Fell from a plane at 200km/ph today.... Was AMAZING! We got picked up from the hostel at 10:45am, and taken to the airport. We got into our outfits, and had hats, goggles, oxygen masks, all that sort of thing, and met our skydiving partners.... Mel's was called Phil and mine was called Andrew. We were driven to the plane, and met our camerapeople... I had a woman called Jenny and Mel has no ide ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Taupo

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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