Fionnuala next to the greenest lagoon ive EVER seen!!

NELSON: Our Hostel summed it up perfectly - Paradiso!!!

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January 28th 2008
Hey everyone, sorry these blogs are turning into essays, im not even sure if they're interesting lol!! Nelson was beautiful, i loved it soooo much!! Our hostel was amazing, had its own pool and hot tub and was really homely! Was called PARADISO!!!! Had spent the evening before watching Jerry Maguire in the living room, lol!!! Missing my home comforts already and its only been two weeks!!! Id kill ... 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