clinging to evil men while having my photo taken

Canyon swining and other ridicululous sports

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March 12th 2006
I'm in Queenstown now. Eloise and I decided on the bus here that it would be a good idea to go on this lovely swing thing that sounded like a nice activity. It's called the canyon swing and we bought our trip and paid for it on the spur of the moment. It was only when we got here and saw pictures of a tiny bungy platform perched above a canyon that I started to worry. We drove up there and met t ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Queenstown

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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