Lessons In Fish Cleaning

The last of NZ & Singapore

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August 22nd 2011
After our adventures with the glow worms we had a long hot shower (our kind guides had explained the secret behind the glowing worms - they were pooing, which is fluorescent in the dark!) before hitting the road for another epic road trip. This time we had chosen Coromandel Town as our next destination, some 227km away but a lot of it on narrow winding roads hugging the coast line, the last 30 min ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North 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