Tongariro Crossing

Today is the Tongariro Crossing. This is a challenging day hike across the famous mountain range surrounding Mt. Tongariro. Of course, by famous I don’t necessarily mean that you will have heard of them by name, but just as a taster: today we passed by the stunt double to Mt. Fuji in the Tom Cruise movie “The Last Samurai” as well as the mountain used as Mt. Doom in the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy.

Noddy’s “fact” of the day:

The Maori people always greet each other with the word “Keora!” (pronounced Key-Ora).

Kiwis say “Sweet As!” far too often… especially Noddy (despite being born a Scotsman).