Into the Deep

At the entrance to the caves

February 14th 2009
February 11th We were on the road early because today we wanted to hit Waitomo Caves. It was only a good hours drive north of Tongariro and the car was loving the tight twists and turns in the road. Waitomo Caves is famous for its glowworm caves and the invention of black water rafting. Black water rafting consists of jumping on a giant rubber ring and floating down the cave’s stream sys ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Waitomo Caves

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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Katherine & George

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We're young and free and lovin' it, and the promise of adventure is pretty much the only thing that can get us out of bed before nine. After months of grueling nose-to-the-grindstone work in the mines, we're finally off on our RTW extravaganza - Toronto, California, Tahiti, New Zealand, Philippines, Thailand, India, UAE, England, Iceland, New York (hopefully with enough money to get back to Toronto at the end!). Can we afford it? No. Are we going to live it up anyway, before another ten years of hard intellectual labour? Heck yes. ... full info

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