After the Devils Staircase

LOTR......continues

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May 31st 2006
Ok there was no Sam to help me this morning and no Gollum but I did not let that stop me getting up at 5:30 to get ready to tackle Mordor and Mount Doom or as you may prefer but I am sure you don’t The Tongariro Crossing and Mount Ngauruhoe. So as I had no Lamas bread I made do with a breakfast of pasta and chicken as I watched the rest of the group at the hostel eating croissants oh well I gue ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Tongariro National Park

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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