And today I did a skydive over lake Taupo!

On Saturday we arrived in Taupo which is dominated by a large lake. Lake Taupo is big enough to fit Singapore in it and it is thought that the lake was formed by one of the worlds largest known volcanic eruptions around 186AD. Apparently Chinese and Roman records talk of dark red skies and climatic changes, thought to be caused by the Taupo eruption! On Sunday I did the Tongariro Alpine crossing, classed as one of the top 10 walks in the world because of the stu...