Rotorua Stinks, Yet It’s the Most Visited City in New Zealand
Get hot in Rotorua.
And smelly, too. Not because the place is a dump, quite the opposite in fact, but because it is a highly volcanic area where not only spas and steam baths are the thing to do, but it is also the best place in New Zealand where you can learn about Maori culture and understand the cultural heritage of this distant country (New Zealand is, after all, far away from everywhere).
We arrived to Rotorua from the North with our camper van, and were sure we …
Why not take a chance? Life is all about chance, some people take them and achieve things, some other people sit back and play it safe and never really go far. The question you really have to ask yourself if you are wondering what kind of person you are, is would you go skydiving?
Scuba diving is about swimming underwater and able to stay in the water with the assistance of equipment such as breathing regulators, dive computer, scuba masks, fins, weights and gauge meters. Scuba diving is fun and has grown widely popular as a recreational activity in the recent years. You may ask, what is the reason for its gaining popularity?
People advertise extreme sport events and courses like it’s something safe and cool you want to do. Ha! But it’s not! It’s not like learning to play chess or watching a cool movie, not at all.
In the early days of America, when colonies were still existent and the revolution was starting to work its way through history, there was a common theme for everyone involved. They were oppressed and over-exhausted with laws making it unbearable to keep living under British rule. Many colonists decided that it was time to take a stand through acts such as the Boston Tea Party and many rebellious moments. Today, Memphis live lawless is invoking the same sort of behavior, in a much shallower light, from its prime customers; those who wish …
If your friends or family members have finally convinced you to go skydiving with them, you are probably experiencing a range of emotions: excitement, trepidation, exhilaration, anticipation, or even downright fear! All this is pretty normal, especially when you consider you’ve just agreed to jump from a plane and free fall at 120 mph through the air. If this is your first adventure, here is a synopsis of what you can expect and some tips on how to make your experience a good one.
Parachuting is a sport that is considered as the mother of a very popular extreme sport: skydiving. These two sports are practically joined at the hip simply because there can be no skydiving without a parachute! This fact gave birth to the term “parachute skydiving.”
Each year, the United States Parachute Association, the organization that works with the Federal Aviation Administration to regulate skydiving, holds one of the largest skydiving events in the world, the USPA National Skydiving Championships. Spanning two weeks and covering several skydiving disciplines, the competition has been held in places throughout the country, including Perris Valley Skydiving in Southern California, the location of three fatalities and one serious personal injury in recent months, according to a local lawyer. As skydiving has evolved from a wartime escape mechanism to an extreme sport, have accidents become more …