One dog I didn't run from!!

Never Ending Road & Ferocious Wind!!

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March 27th 2009
27th March 2009 - WIND IS A CYCLISTS NIGHTMARE & ARRIVAL AT LAKE TEKAPO!! I got up at 7.45am, dressed and prepared for the day. Other people who were staying at the hut that had come from Lake Tekapo kept on telling us what a lovely flat ride it was. Easily said when you travel along it by car...our peddlers paradise book told a slightly different story, which had plenty more ups than downs! It w ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Lake Tekapo

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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