Queenstown

Queenstown

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December 28th 2010
So, New Zealand. It took me twenty-eight hours to get here (twenty-one in the air), but I made it. Airport adventures included a visual inspection of the bag with my scuba camera at Pearson, a spot check of my hands for traces of explosives at Vancouver as well as four or five security personnel wandering around the departure area randomly checking passengers for their ID. The flight from Auckland ... 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