Downtown Thames

Day 76: Riding the Miniature Train

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February 13th 2011
I spent a difficult night, eventually dumping my laundry onto the bed and sleeping on it in an attempt to gain the softness I needed to get to sleep. That worked until 3:30 a.m. or so, when I woke up, cold because I was also sleeping on my blankets, and put on my robe. The robe apparently substituted for the thickness of one of the blankets, so that I was able to get back to sleep about 4:30 a ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Coromandel Peninsula

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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