New Zealand- South Island Part I 24th Nov-2nd Dec
December 25th 2008 We arrived into New Zealand and spent a couple of days in Christchurch from where we hired a campervan and began our Kiwi adventure.
Our route took in Lake Tekapo - Maori translation-'teka' meaning sleeping mat and 'po' meaning night. This was originally a rest stop enroute to Mt Cook and Otago but grew in importance in the 1940s for the generation of hydroelectric power. The lake has a distinc
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