RECOVERED

COLD!!!

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July 7th 2007
So onto Franz Josef. The journey was long and pretty hairy in places. We had to use Arthur's's Pass, a single carriageway road through a series of mountain ranges. The weather had turned cold and the freezing fog was hanging in the valley. It was just like out of a scene of Narnia. Everything was white, Frozen dew hanging form every branch and glistening spiders webs twitching in the breeze. It w ... read more

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The Polynesian Maori reached New Zealand in about A.D. 800. In 1840, their chieftains entered into a compact with Britain, the Treaty of Waitangi, in which they ceded sovereignty to Queen Victoria while retaining territorial rights. In that same year... ... read more