Maroi women sing

A Very very full day

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November 5th 2006
I though yesterday was a full day but today we surpassed it. We saw Waimangu Thermal valley-walk and Lake Rotomahana-cruise. Many geothermal sights and I took lots of pictures. After lunch we went to Te Puia arts and crafts center-mainly a Maori Carving school with some more geothermal sights. Then rested for an hour at the hotel. Then we went to Tamaki Village and had Maori Cultural experience--p ... read more

Oceania » Australia

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more