Behold Mount Doom

The volcano shaped volcano in the distance played the part of Mount Doom in the Lord of the Rings films. I didn't see any orcs though and the weather was too nice for the eye in the sky, or whatever it was.

Aotearoa, the land of the long white cloud

September 12th 2009
Well, it’s that time again and I’m off to a new country on Sunday. New Zealand has been very satisfying in some ways, I feel that the work I’ve helped in has been of real value, but I’ve not been as thrilled by the country as I thought I would be. This may have been due to my restricted abilities as my arm was in plaster for the first three weeks and is still weak and stiff as I write this ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Auckland » Central

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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