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Day 79

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January 18th 2011
Today we decided to take a road trip! To the end of the Mt Aspiring track road. This is basically out in the direction we headed on the bike at the start of the cycle leg of the race, but, rather than turning around at Hospital Flat, you just keep going! And going, and going, as it turns out. The tarmac gives way to unsealed road, and then there are fords and all sorts to try and navigate! Was gla ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island

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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