I think I've split my trousers!

Skydiving!

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February 3rd 2007
This morning I woke with a great excitement. I am off for my first (tandem) skydive! Sadly Dan is too heavy in NZ - the limit is 100Kg! We headed to the hanger at Rotorua airfield to get kitted up for the jump. My jump guide, Matt, got me all kited up in jumpsuit, harness, hat and goggles and preceded to run through all the safety stuff- I wont bore you with it all. Due to the numbers of peo ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Rotorua

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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