View from Onsen Hot Pool

Day 23: Hot Pool

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December 22nd 2010
I woke up feeling terrible; my chest was hurting from costochondritis. Luckily, I had prebooked an appointment at the Onsen Hot Pools. As I headed for their pickup point a couple of blocks away, my cane tip suddenly wore out. I had half an hour to wait, so I asked the information center where I should go to get a new cane tip. They said they had no idea, but suggested that a sporting goods sto ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Queenstown

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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