Steve, Nadine and me enjoying local wine and oysters

Really travelling now, onto my second country.

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November 2nd 2006
I am now on my second day here in Auckland. I made it from Phoenix to LAX airport no proble. I had had estimates of between 5.30 hours and 10 hours for the travel time. So I left at 7.30 which would give me plenty of time whatever. The clocks had also changed in California (but not in Arizona) so that would give me an extra hour. In the end I got to the car hire drop-off after lunchti ... read more

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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