THAMES, COROMANDEL PENINSULA. In the early morning hours of Friday the 16th of September, 1988. Two Swedes, a young couple; Heidi Paakkonen and Urban Hoglin were waiting at the Stockholm Airport to begin their once in a lifetime, around the world trip. They were set to return in May of the next year, 1989.

Full of wide eyed optimism about their immediate future, they waved goodbye to their parents and siblings. They would travel to the United States, then move on to Australia before finally reaching New Zealand. 

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