Signs Spotted on Northern Roads 1

January 6th 2010
We are having a great time in New Zealand's remote Northland region, an area that most tourists ignore as they happily skip off to Queenstown or Rotorua. What can we tell you about Northland (including the extremely remote "Far North")? Well, since it is subtropical, we thought it might be covered in lush rainforest, but it really isn't. Much of the native forest was logged years ago and so t ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island

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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Adrian & Angelique

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We've decided to take off six months to see Asia and Australia and revisit New Zealand before we turn 40. Angelique's been to Asia once (Bhutan, a few days in Malaysia, only one in Singapore) and this will be Adrian's first time on the continent. Neither one of us has been to Australia but we did spend 3 weeks in New Zealand in 2007 and can't wait to return. If all goes well, our plan to is to spend a week in Japan, six weeks in southeast Asia, 2-3 in Australia and then 3 months in New Zealand, returning home to San Francisco in late March, 2010. Enjoy the blog!... full info

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