Thursday, December 27, 2007

Whangamomona

The ‘Forgotten World Highway’ from Stratford to National Park village takes you to a completely different country within New Zealand. Literally. The Republic of Whangamomona is a microscopic blip even on the highly magnified north island road map, but it’s a proud nation by itself, complete with its own president, a restaurant-cum-hotel, post office, and border control.

I was so tickled, I left my bag, camera, and wallet inside the restaurant and walked out chirpily.


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