Singapore skyline

Happy Chinese New Year, Happy Australia Day, Kia ora ...

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January 31st 2009
Kia ora! We've made it over to Auckland - but we've done a lot since our last update... Singapore was lovely, but damn it's expensive there, especially once you've got used to the cost of living in other Asian countries. Over a pound for a meal? Gotta be kidding. The cocktails were killer prices. It's all nice and clean, if a little too orderly seeming sometimes, but it has a great ... 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