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Maori hangi, unusual smells and catching up with an old friend

December 3rd 2005
From Franz Joseph we headed onto Nelson and stayed at the paradiso backpackers - an unusual but fun hostel with good facilities and unusual in that the tv lounge and internet facilities are up ladders through holes in the ceiling. Whilst staying there I had the opportunity to catch up with my friend Paula who used to work in Enfield and try some of the local wines. It was really good fun to catch ... 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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sarah cornell

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Hi everyone, this is basically for my family and friends to use and a convienient way to store photo's! Docuementing my trip around the world taking in South East Asia(Thailand, Laos, Vietnam and either Cambodia or the Philipenes) New Zealand, Fiji, Australia, LA and San Francisco with my firends Tom, Ele and Clara (for various parts of the trip. We leave at the beginning of September 2005 and I think I will be gone for about a year - 6 weeks to go, okay now 4 weeks to go! Are we prepared? some might say overly, am just getting my last injections sorted out, can't quite believe am abandoning a... full info

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