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Rafting Rotorua

November 13th 2008
We weren't in Rotorua for very long, especially as we weren't keen on the smell! More sulphur pools everywhere and the whole town stinks of rotten eggs! (Although now we are writing from Bangkok with MUCH worse smells!). We did have enough time to throw ourselves down the luge several times - wahoo! It's much longer than the Queenstown one, but perhaps not quite as many twists and turns and ... read more
Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Rotorua

New Zealand Flag 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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