View from my Room

Magic Mushrooms

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March 31st 2011
Great hike today, weather perfect. Went through the Mountains of Arthur's Pass National Park - 9 to 10 miles. Quite technical up and down, beautiful scenary. Got to see Magic Mushrooms, will try to download the picture here - they are the hallucingentic type of mushrooms. The story of Santa Claus comes from these mushrooms and the administering of them in the Norwegian area of the world. They c ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Arthur's Pass National Park

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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