The Diamond Princess

Days 14-18

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December 24th 2008
We had an excellent Chinese meal on Friday night at the Dragon Boat - highly recommended if you visit Auckland - and I used chopsticks all the way through, probably a first. Steak's not so easy though, so Phyl had to resort to a fork. By contrast, Saturday was fairly uninteresting, I'm sure you don't want to hear about Foodtown again. We were all a bit tired, so had a quiet day and stayed in and ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Auckland

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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