Old and New

Queenstown Feb 3rd to 6th, 2010

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March 23rd 2010
I love New Zealand, the scenery, the people even the twisty and narrow roads, the only one thing that I would change would be the addition of air conditioning. Our hotel in Fox Glacier was without and so is our hotel in Queenstown. The temperature in Fox Glacier was 27C and in Queenstown it is 30C. Queenstown is a charming tourist friendly town with lots of restaurants and easy walking around th ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Queenstown

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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