Plaza de Mayo, Buenos Aires

A quick hello....

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April 18th 2009
Hey all, Just a quick one. All is well here, hope it is where you are. We have now picked up the campervan, it's really easy to drive as it's an automatic and has power-steering (a luxury for me!), my left foot doesn't know what to do with itself in the absence of a clutch. Our first stop was the geo-thermally active area of Rotorua, the geothermal activity means a good deal of sulphur is d ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island

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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