the bus

The trip to Queenstown

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April 24th 2007
Well after getting very little sleep we got on the bus at 8 and set off foir Wanaka where we would be staying for the night, i was sad to leave Franz Josef as i hadnt done the glacier walk but once again the weather was pretty shitty so i didnt want to waste another day doing nothing. The bus ride was another scenic one although are bus was rather smelly and kept on cutting out and then rollin ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Wanaka

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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