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round east cape to heaven

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January 18th 2008
you'll have to use your brains now, as I've got these pics on the wrong day - swap heaven for hell, and you should be ok! sorry, pics won't load. But i have to tell you that we have found paradise here! This hostel is so near the sea you can spit at it. I counted 20 steps from the door of our room to the beach. And wgen I tried to take a picture I got my fet wet. Since we got here 2 days ago I've ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » East Coast

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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