falling

Skydiving rules!

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March 9th 2006
Skydiving is so cool it gets its own blog. The weather wasn't playing the game, but I finally got to jump yesterday. I jumped with a madman with a dead dalmatian round his neck. It was very cool and there were mountains with snow and big lakes underneath us. I was a bit scared when I saw the girl in front of me hurtle away into nothing, but it was amazing when we fell and I think I look very beaut ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Wanaka

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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