The One Ring 02_Milford

The One Ring

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November 20th 2007
The Milford Tramp We left Chicago around noon on Saturday, and after a tandem of flights and a pass over the international date line, we arrived in Queenstown, New Zealand at 1:00 pm Monday The airport in Queenstown is quite small and after we landed we were greeted by a rolling staircase as we walked beleaguered into blinding sunny day. Queenstown has the well deser ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Milford Sound

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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