Pinncalles track continues

First week details and pictures

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January 8th 2006
Hey all, I finally have time to write a mail from new zealand, and also I finally did enough things that are worth telling. I arrived in auckland on the 28th, the backpacker(hostel for "metaylim") that I booked with my partner from LaMetayel was a bit outside the city, so we had to take a bus to the city. The backpacker it self was very nice and comfortable. The first day was spent on arrangme ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island

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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