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To see this place on a globe, home of the world's southernmost tapas reastaurant, one must lift it upward to expose the underbelly of the planet
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A Christchurch gentleman claimed to have knocked two cyclists off the road with his black H-2 Hummer and threatened to "nail" more
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Traveling does seem to facilitate encounters—especially between like-minded people searching for similar things
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Where marriage is a form of defiance and matchmaking is a game of chance
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The abandoned boulevards and blocks of condemned buildings look like a scene from an unhappy future
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Kiwi recommendations for stopping the biting beasts: DEET, geranium leaves, garlic, rancid bacon, Marmite, Vegemite. Does anything really work?
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There is something liberating in running out of food. Concerns about rationing are out the window and the world is simplified into a foraging playground
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Sure, the view along Amtrak's Northeast Corridor has its share of grime. But there are also sights that'll make you want to put away your smart phone
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When Felicity Aston caught sight of Antarctica's coastal mountains, she told me, "they were like a neon sign flashing at me saying, 'You have finished!'"
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Could football players last 80 minutes in a rugby match? The great debate continues
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A group including the actor Jack Nicholson has tried to get Dirt Mulholland on the National Register of Historic Places
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After leaving her job and home to bike around the world, a cyclist finds New Zealand a little too comfortable
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Long-gone destinations have their own special appeal, don't you think?
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The Genoa-based Costa cruise line, owner of the stricken Concordia, has had troubles before
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Fishing is an effective means of bringing people to the water's edge o admire the ecosystem and consider the value in preserving it
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Andrew was sullen, silent and soaked to the skin after spending eight hours in the rain standing in a river waving a stick
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New Zealand is worth visiting, but I'm not sure how long I can keep traveling here while claiming to be "on the cheap"
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The family spent days in a cabin eating food, provided by the New Zealand Department of Conservation, which requested to stomp on kiwi-killing vermin
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An organic farming network gave my niece the opportunity. Then she gave me the nectar of the gods
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The absence of native mammals, aside from bats and pinnipeds, gives the impression that New Zealand is still in the age of dinosaurs
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