Milford Sound

Queenstown and Milford Sound

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November 20th 2008
This is a jewel in a sapphire and emerald setting. A charming town on Lake Wakatipu, New Zealand's second-largest after Lake Taupo. It reminds me of some of the ski resorts I've been to in Europe with chic shops, international cuisine and tidy streets. The bus drove through the snowy peaks of the Southern Alps, rainforest on the western side, dry slopes in the lee shadow on the eastern. Sweet a ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Queenstown

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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