Gerd playing his dijiridoo to the gods

January 23rd 2008
After spending Christmas in Hokitika, a small quiet town, I travelled with Kevin and Gerd down the west coast with Wanaka as my destination. Many people all over New Zealand have told me nothing but good things about Wanaka. It was always described to me as, beautiful like Queenstown with less crowds, tourists and also cheaper. So it sounded like the place for me. On the way there we past thro ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Wanaka

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

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Brett

brettsinNZ

Welcome to my blog, which I wrote during my around the world trip from September 2007 to August 2008. After graduating from college, I worked for a year and saved. This along with the money I made from working in New Zealand got me through a year of traveling. My initial travel plans were just for New Zealand, but after hearing so many stories about where others have been and also just catching a bit of a travel bug I decided to make stops in South East Asia, Nepal and South America as well. ... full info

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