Cruising around Picton

Cleaning Toilets is Fun...

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June 10th 2007
Traveling is expensive. On top of all the calculated costs like food, accommodation, and transportation, there's a bunch of hidden costs like buying a car and a towel (the latter I promptly lost in the very next hostel). The costs amount to a steady, troubling decline in my bank balance; which is fine so long as I keep putting things on my credit card! In order to cut back on my expenses, I' ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Picton

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The Polynesian Maori reached New Zealand in about A.D. 800. In 1840, their chieftains entered into a compact with Britain, the Treaty of Waitangi, in which they ceded sovereignty to Queen Victoria while retaining territorial rights. In that same year... ... read more