Moto-X Meet

February 4th 2010
In a car you're always in a compartment, and because you're used to it you don't realize that through that car window everything you see is just more TV. You're a passive observer and it is all moving by you boringly in a frame. On a cycle the frame is gone. You're completely in contact with it all. You're in the scene, not just watching it anymore, and the sense of presence is overwhelming. ... 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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Mike Brockie

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A LATTE SIPPING, PONSONBY DWELLER GOES ADVENTURING BY BICYCLE HOW TO ACCESS MY BLOGS ----------------------------------- Scroll to the BOTTOM of THIS PAGE. Click on either 'latest entry' or 'first entry'. There are other options to place comments etc, just click around. THE BIG PLAN ----------------- I made a solo cycle ride from one end of New Zealand to the other over the southern summer - 2009/10. I kept off the busy highways as much as possible, and even managed a few 4WD tracks in some of the more remote corners of the country. I finished on 9 April 2010 and returned home ... full info

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