Dunedin town square

Mountains do Cry

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March 18th 2009
How can words descibe landscape so beautiful it makes your eyes hurt? There's not much I can say about the past few days, I would like, instead, for the pictures to speak for themselves, although my cheap digital camera fails to capture even a tenth of the granduer. Just for some backround info though, this is how I got to witness such overwhelming natural beauty: After my stint of cycling to ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Fiordland National Park

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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