Entry 14: Oh my God I can't believe it, I've never been this far away from home!!
January 28th 2008 During our last night in Sydney, you’ll remember we were out with Sam’s friends Carrie and Simon. Carrie (herself well travelled) had been teasing us about our habit of arriving early at airports in preparation for a flight. It wasn’t that we were turning up five hours prior to take off, it was more to do with Carrie’s relaxed attitude to flying and routinely checking in at the last minute
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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 
