Enjoying the Sun

Goodbye Boris, Hello Frankie

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December 12th 2011
We're having one of our smoothest journeys with Boris the campervan for some time. No over-revving, no spluttering, no false starts. And it has been nearly three hours. We're on the Interislander ferry heading back to the North Island and Boris is in the hull. We've had a couple of blissful days staying at a working farm on the edge of the Abel Tasman National Park. The sun has warm ... 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