Southern Alps

Great train journey's of the world

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December 10th 2006
Oh pooh! I hate unreliable web access. I just wrote a big journal entry, clicked save and it fouled up. Grrr. Ok... so lets start again... Sunday morning I woke up much freshed and finally over my jet lag. It's amazing how little your brain functions in those circumstances (and mine has trouble at the best of times, without added complications). At 8.15am I cought the Trans Alpine Expr ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Christchurch

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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