Ralph's Bungee Jump

The Campervan Chronicles.... Part Five

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November 2nd 2009
18 days, 17 nights, 3400kms, 1 island, buckets of rain, 12000 foot skydive, 43m bungee jump (Ralphy did that not me), 1000's of scared sheep (blowing the car horn makes sheep run and was a favourite past time of ours), 1 injured foot, 1 Toyota van and one lifelong friendship was made. Thats the numbers of the trip. Lucy in the Sky is back to her home in Christchurch, Raphael is in Europe and I am ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South 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