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Sweaty Knees and an Adrenaline Wimp

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April 8th 2013
Bangkok - Sydney - New Zealand South Island We had the most higgeldy piggeldy journey to Bangkok on the bus which took too many extra swealteringly hot and frustrating hours (no surprise there). Our bus tickets were taken off us at the border as a man shouted at us to walk the border gauntlet alone with only a gold sticker to guarantee us safe passage on the other side. We managed to avoid the ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Sydney

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more