Queenstown

Belly Achin' Sweet Cheeks

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April 25th 2016
I knew I was standing on the most beautiful spot on earth. I don't remember exactly where it was, but it was somewhere in New Zealand's South Island. Jeremy and I had decided to drive the length of the two islands in twelve days, Queenstown to Auckland. The rental car was old and the radio didn't work and we'd often wake up in the morning to a dead battery. As the trip's navigator, it was twelve d ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand

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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