Attack of the seal pups

The seal pups surrounded and swam all over our kayak. They liked to play with the paddles and the cords that hung off the side of the boat. They would even look you in the eye and put their chin on the side of the boat like a puppy putting it's head on your knee.

Sight seeing on the South Island

May 8th 2008
As our time passes in NZ we decided to take a week long road trip to see the rest of the South Island. We crammed 2300kms into a week of travel. The first day we shot over to Wanaka, only 1 hr from Queenstown, to have a light lunch and to take a look around. Wanaka is similar to the mountain town feel as Queenstown just without all the tourists. It's also located on a beautiful lake- with lo ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Abel Tasman National Park

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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