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that form the caves

January 26th 2005
Drove down to Waitomo today, the main attraction being the glow worm caves. As far as we have read there is not that much more to do here than visit the caves so we decided just one night here would be fine. Another scortching day and as soon as we arrived we dumped our stuff and headed for the caves which were a five minute walk from our hostel. The glow worm cave tour was $28 each, we th ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Waitomo

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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