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Country number 8!
Thats right, ive landed in New Zealand. Ive only been here a couple of days but already I've had a small glimpse of the beauty this country has to offer. Even from the plane window offered great views as we flew over snow capped mountains and down towards Christchurch, my first stop in this country.
It was a bit sad to leave Australia, id spent about 5 months there. In my last couple of weeks i spent more time with my family, as well as going to Canberra for a day and a night. After seeing the capitals of all the mainland states (Western Austrlia- Perth, Northern Territory- Darwin, Queensland- Brisbane, New South Wales- Sydney, Victoria- Melbourne and South Australia- Adelaide) I thought it would be silly not to see the country's actual capital. It turns out there isnt much there at all other than parliament house, and the spectacularly amusing Aboriginal embassy outside the old parliament house. Its pretty much just a big box where an Aboriginal man lives and protests for land rights. When i had a look inside though, there was just an empty bed. Keep up the hard work.
After Canberra just a few days with my family remained until the emotional goodbye. Some of my cousins took the news of my departure pretty badly but they're not the only ones. Ive heard rumours that Prime Minister John Howard declared a national day of mourning when I left.
One country's loss is another ones gain and New Zealand has received me well. Ive had a night out with random travellers and a day on a cable car type thing up a mountain, all very scenic. Tomorrow I begin my tour around the country, Im not sure how much time/access I'll get to update the site so I thought id do it now just in case. Also, for anyone who might possibly ever want to talk to me, NZ is 12 hours ahead of the UK! So it will be difficult!
Right I must go now, the asians in this internet cafe are shouting very loudly and its distracting me.
Thanks for the messages, do keep posting.
All the best
Si
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