Dinner in the hostel

Travel Medicine and ready to go again

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November 10th 2008
We had decided that we would give the backpacker's car market another 3 day run to sell the van, so I headed down there this morning to pay for this. When I got there, they said that despite charging the van up, it had not been able to start so they were going to get someone from across the street at the garage to come and look at it. They figured it was likely just a fuse and not too major. They ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Auckland » Ponsonby

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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