Mid-semester break con't- Mildford Track/Milford Sound and Dunedin April 11th 2007 Milford Sound boat cruisebirds eye view of southern alps and fiordlandup close and personal with the ice Thursday morning we met at Ultimate Hikes headquarters and took a five hour bus ride to the Te Anau where we had lunch and then got on a boat that took us to the end of the lake where the start of the Milford track is. We got off the boat and walked about a mile to the first lodge- and when I s ... read more
Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Milford Sound 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
I grew up in Phoenix, AZ but I just graduated from Bucknell Univeristy in Lewisburg, PA. I love hiking, arts and crafts, reading, exercising, especially swimming and I love traveling and exciting new adventures! After I turned 21 I had one of the best years of my life traveling to Nicaragua for a week in January with the Bucknell Brigade, then in Dunedin, New Zealand studying abroad from February 4- mid June. After that I had a great senior year and now its into the real world! I hope this journal will keep my friends and family up to date on my future adventures in Ecuador and Peru! ... full info