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March 20th 2006
It was with waves of nausea from my self-inflicted hangover that I left Queenstown and all my good bus buddies and went into the unknown of the deep deep south of NZ. First stop Dunedin where I saw the steepest street in the world. Yes, I thought it was interesting too. Dunedin is a very student-dominated town with the University of Otago, and all locals call studenty hangouts "Scarfey" bars (Nic, ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Southland » Catlins

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

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Elizabeth Southey

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I have been working non-stop since leaving university and last February I felt I had got to the point where I could buy a house and settle down or I could travel the world and mix-it-up globally...it was a tough decision. While I have travelled quite a bit with my job and on holiday (Europe and the US), I felt I had never really got out there and seen stuff. Consequently, I am taking a 6-month sabbatical from work, starting in Jan 2006, and will be travelling to Australia, Fiji, New Zealand, Chile, Argentina, Bolivia, Peru and Ecuador (and fingers crossed, the Galapagos Islands).... full info

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