Chaos and fireworks

September 11th 2011
Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them -- a desire, a dream, a vision. - Muhammad Ali, American Boxer After so many months of waiting, over a 30 hour period of travel, my luggage finally arriving and eventually putting on the kilt to go to the Fan Zone for the opening ceremony, after queing for 3 hours patiently in lin ... read more

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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

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Ian Nicholson

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All good things come to those who wait... ... and I have been waiting ten years. New Zealand, a journey's start. No destination in sight and no path determined. Recently I have learned that the only thing you can plan in life is with the knowledge that everything changes. So, with that in the fore front of my mind, I begin to carve my own path. This is my Journey, unfolding as it it happens. My blog and an entry by entry account of the road untravelled. Please feel free to contact me, subscribe, ignore, advise or comment on my writings. Should you find any of the... full info

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