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day 28

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November 28th 2010
Day 28 Sunday. Today was my long ride day, and the plan was to go late morning, skip Church, and be back by mid afternoon, but I woke up feeling really ropey, and spent most of the day in bed. I didn’t really have the energy to move that much, and my nose is all snotty and I’ve got a really vicious cough, so it quickly became apparent that today wasn’t the day for me to go on a really long t ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North 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