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Hanmer Springs

Thermal spas, rivers, lakes, mountains and glaciers

December 10th 2008
Across the mountains from Hanmer Springs to Greymouth and the Southern Alps Monday 8th December 2008 We left Kaikoura on Saturday morning and drove across the Kaikoura Range to Hanmer Springs a thermal resort on the Waiau River. When we arrived there were campervans and backpackers everywhere and we didn’t like it much, bit “touristy” and crowded. It seemed such a contrast to ... 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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Viv and John Cussell

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We are off island-hopping in Thailand for the month of February. We shall leave home on the 1st of the month and return on 29th (an extra day for Leap Year)! Our journey will be from Alicante to Barcelona by train, then two flights, the first from Barcelona to Doha and the second from Doha to Phuket, both with Qatar Airways. Although this will be our forth visit to the "Land of Smiles", we haven't been there for eleven years and plan to visit islands we haven't seen before. In 2009, we travelled overland from Singapore to the island of Langkawi, Northern Malaysia, in the Southern Andaman Sea. ... full info

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