Sunset!

Taupo!

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January 12th 2009
Hola! We then left for Taupo where we were supposed to be skydiving that afternoon but the place was still closed for New Years so we just wandered around town, had dinner together and then watched a film! We were supposed to be leaving the next morning but we decided to stay an extra day so we could skydive the next day and also because the Tongariro crossing (our next stop) was cancelled for ... 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