Day Two Photo 14

Day Two

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May 21st 2008
Well, we have been wide awake since 3:30 this morning, but walking around downtown has been fun. About the semi rear-ending us: he just didn't break fast enough. No damage done, but it really was only 5 minutes after we drove it off the lot! We are going to the mineral baths and hot springs today, maybe hike around the lake. The whole town smells like sulfur but the volcano is south of here. We tr ... 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