Camping in Charlestown

Beer, a fire, a penguin, then some rain

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January 22nd 2008
Note to self from last entry: try to avoid writing a blog after drinking too much the previous night. Taking my own advice, I'm in a better mood, despite constant rain all day. Yet because I'm now only doing miniscule distances and the novelty of it still being warm, I quite enjoyed it and hope that my hair will now become curly. Come to think of it, the only hair I have IS curly, further rumi ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » West Coast

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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