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From S E Asia to New Zealand’s South Island

May 18th 2008
After a 48 hour stop off in pretty but pricey Singapore I finally arrived at the other side of the planet after three months of near uninterrupted sun, plenty of rice dishes and getting an awful lot for the pound in Thailand, Laos and Cambodia. Touching down in the very British Christchurch made me feel like I had just landed back home in ways. With nothing too spectacular nearby and at the time w ... 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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Adam Downey

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I cut myself free from the UK on Christmas day 2007 to land in steaming Bangkok! Explored other parts of Thailand before entering Laos and heading down the Mekong to the 4000 Islands and in to Cambodia to finish at the Angkor Temples. Then Jetted to New Zealand via Singapore at the end of March where I stayed for a good few months before back tracking to Sydney (where I made the news getting stuck in the Sydney Sky Tower Lift) and flew out of Melbourne to a quick San Francisco - Vegas & Canyon - Home run! View Interact... full info

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