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America's West Coast

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July 5th 2010
So we are finally managing to get contact with the rest of the world after 5 days! Only briely though, as we were smart enough to leave behind the only thing we wouldn't want to-the laptop charger-grr! Anyway, we set off from a rainy Victoria on Thursday morning-sad to leave after our year in Canada-can you believe it was a year?! Nearly didn't make it on to the boat. It was quite a sight to se ... read more

North America » United States » California

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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more