My SkyDIVE

Hiking and a new type of Launcing

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October 18th 2008
Hello everyboday from Nelson, where our bus came in about five hours ago and we have since settled into yet another chilled out back-packers with homely touches and a drop of white Our arrival here has been on the back of some questionable modes of tranport, including a somewhat rocky ferry ride where waves engulfed our boat and we shook more rapidly than leaves on a tree during gale force wind ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Wellington

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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