Waiouru Trips
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Although this entry is under Waiouru, the actual place we stayed at wasn't there, but just down the road. The River Valley Lodge is a kind of eco-retreat (so you have ...
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slaps!
(Nov 18 '07)
Hoy fuimos al Tongariro National Park a dar un paseo y comer al lado de
una cascada (algo q no se suele hacer todos los dias! juju). mis
piernas lo resistieron pero logre llegar hasta ahi, pero los ...
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The end of Stray
(Nov 31 '06)
Here's where the Stray bus left me and Sharon-with-an-e (oddly spelt name not whacked out on disco biscuits) and it carried on its merry way south to Wellington and beyond. Can't say a great deal ...
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We left our accommodation at about 7am and arrived at the drop off point at about 8am. With high spirits, we started our trek through a relatively inclined field surrounded by ...
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Adventure #3: Entering Mordor, and climbing Mt. Doom!
(Feb 21 '06)
"Seven hours, up and back down an approximately 7000ft mountain, with five liters of water, food enough for two days, and only three bathroom breaks. I think we did rather well."
Climbing Mt Doom
(Apr 15 '06)
We started out at the crack of dawn (literally) with the sun behind the mountain and the full moon still shining behind us. The soft pinks of the sunrise tinged the alpine tussocks with fall colours. ...
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Soaking wet and no views to show for it...
(Jan 24 '07)
"all I was really aware of at the time was that I was WET!"
I missed out doing the Tonagariro Crossing, 'the best one day hike in NZ', when I was in Taupo back in October because the weather was so bad. ...
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New Zealand, Tongariro: Snow-Capped Mount Doom and Crater Lakes
(Oct 26 '07)
"The landscape had changed to something we would have expected on the surface of the moon, barring the water filling each of the two craters"
It really seems that we can't do any adventure sports/adventures without getting rained on. Milford Track - rained. Rain, rain and more rain. There is a very famous tramp through the North Island ...
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Tongariro crossing
(Jun 08 '06)
The next day after our birthday drink we drove up to the famous Tongariro national park. This is one of the Lord of the Rings film sites! 'Mt Doom'. Hungover as we were, and totally unprepared we ...
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We left Auckland a little bit early to come out to National Park Village. It was about a 5 hour bus ride south east of where we were.
The ride was beautiful. ...
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Tongariro Crossing
(Feb 20 '08)
Tongariro National Park was the first declared national park of NZ, in 1887. It features three volcanic peaks (I won't bore you with the names), two of which feature in the Lord of the Rings films. ...
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New Zealand: Tongariro Northern Circuit
(Feb 08 '08)
I was dropped off along with 150 other people on 3 buses at around 7:20am. I got myself ready as quickly as possible and rushed off to get ahead of the main crowd. If I had hung around a bit I would ...
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