the before look

The final day...going out with a...dive?

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April 27th 2006
So here we are the last day of having fun before we have to start traveling home. What are 6 university students going to do to finish off an amazing trip?! Well what any reasonable person would do…jump out of a plane! Taupo is know for being the cheapest (and safest) place to skydive, so the 6 of us decided to do it! And man was it the best decision of my life. Now I have been threatening to d ... 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