week 11 (travel - skydive) Photo 1

week 11 (travel - skydive)

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December 12th 2008
thurs - up at 8am to be picked up at 9am for a lift to the 'airfield' - i put it in quotation marks becuase it was literally a field with a hut and a plane - for my skydive :D went out there with 4 others, all of us a bit nervous at the prospect of what lay ahead of us. got to the hut and sat around waiting for the clouds to clear so we could actually get up in the air. Gav, one of the tandem guys ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Bay of Islands » Paihia

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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