Kayaking in Kaikoura

Led astray in En Zed

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February 17th 2009
We flew into Christchurch to spend a night and a day around town before jumping on our "hop on hop off" bus called the Stray. We booked a tour of NZ both north and south islands. We mapped out where we will spend the next 22 days before we leap across and ocean to South America. So take off point: Christchurch...a European feeling town with a good vibe. Street performers or "buskers" attract c ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island

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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