Happy New Year! Photo 2

Happy New Year!

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December 31st 2008
New Year's Eve I woke up pretty early again today, so to kill time I created this here travel blog! Breakfast was excellent again: all types of fruit, toast, cereal, eggs, bacon, sausage... mmmmmm..... Later, I went for a run in the Botanical Gardens again, went out shopping, ate sushi for lunch, then headed out to the beach. I could not decide which beach to go to the family beache ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Christchurch

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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