another chiang mai water festival shot

brett leaves asia

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April 17th 2005
That's right. Time for a new continent. And I choose....New Zealand. I keep trying to catch up with this Canadian but he keeps evading me like an elusive fish. I arrived to Auckland two days ago and will continue to the Maori town of Rotorua and then on to Wellington, followed by some tramping (hiking) in the southern island. Graham has been in NZ one week and is already down in Wellington, making ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Auckland

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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