Dolphins on the bow

Trip to Milford Sound

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January 16th 2007
We are writing this from Queenstown, where we have come back for some Food. So we don't die. They have no supermarkets you see. We have just had the most amazing few days down in the Fiordlands. We have made the pilgrammage down to Milford Sound - through the valleys and mountains of this stunning area. The Mountains and Valleys would make all of Wales green with envy - it would be difficult ... read more

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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