Excited Scotsman

Getting right into the feeling of the place

November 27th 2007
"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it solely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one corner of the earth all one's lifetime." - Mark Twain Kia Ora, There was always going to come a point where I became more aware of the importance of the culture ar ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand

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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Ian Nicholson

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All good things come to those who wait... ... and I have been waiting ten years. New Zealand, a journey's start. No destination in sight and no path determined. Recently I have learned that the only thing you can plan in life is with the knowledge that everything changes. So, with that in the fore front of my mind, I begin to carve my own path. This is my Journey, unfolding as it it happens. My blog and an entry by entry account of the road untravelled. Please feel free to contact me, subscribe, ignore, advise or comment on my writings. Should you find any of the... full info

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