Christchurch Gondola
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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 yea... [read more]
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 yea... [read more] Blog: Heading South
Date: December 16th 1994
Note: This is a journal entry from when I was an exchange student in 1994-1995. The photos have been scanned from the original prints. The day after acquiring a painful sunburn spending a sunny day at a school friend's pool, I headed to the South Island on my way to walk the Milford Track (which will be worthy of at least one separate blog entry) on a trip organized by Rotary for the Yo ... read more
Date: December 16th 1994
Note: This is a journal entry from when I was an exchange student in 1994-1995. The photos have been scanned from the original prints. The day after acquiring a painful sunburn spending a sunny day at a school friend's pool, I headed to the South Island on my way to walk the Milford Track (which will be worthy of at least one separate blog entry) on a trip organized by Rotary for the Yo ... read more
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A storyteller currently learning how to tell the stories that the rocks leave behind. Most of the traveling I'm doing these days is going on geology field trips as part of my masters degree. I love what I'm doing, but I am in "overseas travel" withdrawal. That will soon be remedied though...
In 2005, when it was announced that New Zealand would host the 2011 Rugby World Cup, I vowed I would be there. It's coming up soon, and I'm starting to make plans for my fourth visit back to my second home, and for my firs... full info
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