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Travelblog Goes Down

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August 6th 2007
The blog has been down for a few days. In fact the whole travelblog.com website crashed and thousands of blog entries were erased. About 25 of our entries were lost. Thankfully, I just happened to back-up the website the day it went down and I have been able to restore the lost entries. Lesson: don't rely on on-line services to safely store your data. Always have your own backup. I was very lucky ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » West Coast » Reefton

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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