No Shirt No Shoes No Problem! Photo 4

No Shirt No Shoes No Problem!

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May 6th 2010
Hello again everyone, I’m in a town in the Bay of Islands area called Paihia. It may be fall in the southern hemisphere but they apparently forgot to tell that to people here, it’s still 25 degrees out and I had to buy sun screen or risk looking like a Hussmann lobster. I’m doing a little job hunting in the area here, there are a ton of hostels here, but many are winding down as the season i ... 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