Intro to the South Island January 28th 2007 The next morning was ferry time. We took a 3 1/2 hour ferry from the North to South Island. That was a good sleep. We got into Picton and ran around for a while. There was an amazing park there that was fun to walk through. Then it was back to the vans for 2 hours more of driving... The drive was awesome; the coast of the North Island is the most mountainous I've seen so far; we drove crazy curvey ... read more
Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Nelson Region » Nelson 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
So, my name is Ali, and I'm going on the trip of a lifetime: The Pacific Challenge, where basically I take a semester off from school and travel with 20 other students and do amazing things all over New Zealand and Australia!... full info