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Glacier Walking in Franz Josef

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July 15th 2007
Day 4 of Thelma and Louise's adventure on the road began at 7am!(it was decided that I was Thelma and Anna was Louise-I end up with Brad Pitt)Much to Anna's horror it was a cold and frosty morning but we had had a toasty nights sleep with the heater on full blast and the hot water bottles nice and full.We had been chatting to the boys in our dorm the night before and they had booked a glacier wal ... 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