Mountain of Ice!!

Walk up Franz Josef Glacier....Nice....or should I say Ice?!!!

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March 5th 2009
5th March 2009 - ICE ICE BABY!!!! Woke up at around 6am very excited. I managed to contain myself and stay in bed until 6.30 but then I got up showered and ready for an icy adventure. We set off to the Glacier tour shop at around 8am with our packed lunch in hand and a couple of spare layers in case it got icy cold! Nat was excited too and we were really lucky as we had dropped on a good day for ... read more

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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