Sunset

An experience all right.....

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December 10th 2006
Sunday night I stayed in Hokitika. I had booked the Just Jade Experience backpackers hostel. The idea is that you can choose a design, or have one of your own designs, made by the expert and then you do the finishing. I turned up to a completely empty house, with a sign saying "Be back tonight, grab a bed and make yourself at home". It was cool that he could just leave the entire house unlocked an ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Hokitika

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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