Waitangi day

Trip Start Apr 23, 2007
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Saturday, February 9, 2008

Waitangi (New Zealand national day) was on the 6th of February, but the celebration was the 9th in London.. Thousands took to the streets wearing flags or sometimes little else... basically the pub crawl started at 10 am at Paddington station and went around the circle line and every stop people got out and took to the streets (and some pubs) chanting, dancing, to put it simply it was a drink fueled madness... at around 4 or 5 everyone gathered at the parlaiment under Big Ben and people were climbing the light posts and climbing on top of phone boxes trying to get a good view of the Haka... we were too far back and trying to find some lost friends.. you think that holding a giant orange traffic cone would make us easy to spot but unfortunately they were lost for the rest of the evening... have to admit i don't remember much after the mass crowding under Big Ben but it was a great night.. New Zealanders/Aussies know how to party like no other...
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