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Chillin in Thames

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April 18th 2006
The rest of my trip was what you would call…chill 101, that was until the last day, but you will just have to wait for that one. We spent the next 3 nights with my friend Tom at his family farm. It was so nice! He lives about 25 min outside a pretty large town (for the North Island that is) along this crazy dirt road (that’s right another one) where you have to ford two river to get to, lucky ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Coromandel » Thames

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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