nothing wrong with the tramp, actually it's a bit dangerous I think especially this time of year when it's a bit icy, which adds to its appeal... Tongariro has trees, right... lovely pine trees, millions of them, all over the show... would be goin before I leave for Singapore... was thinkin of it more as a one day trip but could make a weekend out of it and do some more skiing :) Quoting davi@xxxxxxxxx: ~=~ what's wrong with the Tongariro crossing tramp? ~=~ when are you planning on going? i need to do a trial backpacking trip, so= ~=~ i ~=~ could go to Tongariro, but i'd prefer somewhere with trees, lots n lots o= ~=~ f ~=~ trees, hehe ~=~ ~=~ Quoting awoo016@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx: ~=~ ~=~ > Have you ever met the Tongariro crossing tramp? ~=~ > ~=~ > Quoting Luka Mili=9Aa <lmil005@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: ~=~ > ~=~ > > with Davi, everything is that much more cheesy :-) ~=~ > > ski trip was good, mostly skiing, not much tripping ~=~ > > not much snow, but enough for the odd tripping, mostly when coming on= ~=~ /off ~=~ > > chairlifts ~=~ > > only did one day of skiing - highly recommended for the bringing down= ~=~ of ~=~ > > own's ~=~ > > ego to the normal levels :-) ~=~ > > meet random people on the chairlifts when u go alone, better that way ~=~ > > actually, ~=~ > > luckily the girls i was with gave up when they fell over like a milli= ~=~ on ~=~ > > times, ~=~ > > so i was just doin my own thing. ~=~ > > and yesterday we were gonna conquer Mt Doom, but the weather was crap= ~=~ so ~=~ > went ~=~ > > driving around... had some good breakfast at taupo, and the place had= ~=~ those ~=~ > > brain teaser toys - hours of fun, except the waitress wasnt very happ= ~=~ y when ~=~ > i ~=~ > > tried to scab some free food when she lost one of our orders... ~=~ > > went to rotorua and had a look around some volcanic stuff and mud poo= ~=~ ls... ~=~ > > forgot where we parked so wondered the mean streats of rotorua for a = ~=~ while ~=~ > > excellent trip... ~=~ > > anyone up for a day trip to do the Tongariro crossing tramp? ~=~ > > ~=~ > ~=~ > ~=~ > ~=~ ~=~ ~=~ ~=~ ~=~