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Glowing Green Thing and Backpackers!

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January 20th 2008
Not too much of an early start today......up at 9am for breakfast - superbly presented by Kathy and Allen - and then a bit of blogging and map sorting, and then off. First visit was Waitomo Caves which are famous for ....... being caves !!!!! But ..... there are loads of thing to do here plus glow worms (or magots with radioactive s**t or so we were told). Anyhow, we arrived a liitle bit unsure ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Waitomo Caves

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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