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July 5th 2007
Arthurs Pass region in the Southern Alps mountains - July 21, 2007... The first place we visited in this region known as Canterbury in the South Island was the area called Castle Hill. According to info from our travel books, the hill was so named because of the imposing array of limestone boulders in the area reminiscent of an old, run-down stone castle. (The front of the Christ Church Cathed ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Arthur's Pass National Park

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

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Emily and Denny

Pinky and The Brain

We moved to Wellington, New Zealand in February 2007. Denny finished a master's degree (Information Management) at Victoria University in June 2008 and Emily worked at a variety of temp jobs while Denny studied full-time. We're now in the process of making our way back to the US and plan to stop in quite a few countries along the way. Hopefully we'll be better at maintaining this blog while we're on the road. After the first few months in NZ we sort of lost our momentum with it... but things got posted eventually! ... full info

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