Maori Canoe

150 people fit into it

January 22nd 2005
We woke up bright and early and had breakfast in the hostel, neither of us were quite sure how we got to bed last night and why we were still fully clothed but after a cold shower we were ready for another journey. We were going to Waitangi today and the treaty grounds where the nation was born, it was a lot closer than we though and were there in half and hour, we weren't quite ready to go in ... 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

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Fiona and I started this blog in September 2004 when we decided to take a break from our jobs to go tour some of the world with a bag on our back and some money in our pockets. We had an incredible time, seeing some beautiful places and meetings some nice people along the way, we started in San Francisco and our last destination was Bangkok, in between we visited Hawaii, New Zealand, Fiji, Australia, Korea, Japan, China, Vietnam and Laos. We were armed with a 1.2 megapixel camera at the time, no mobiles, no WiFi, just good old fashioned books and the occasional internet cafe. The trip w... full info

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