Greenery and Sheep

When you say hi to someone you never know

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November 6th 2007
Leaving Ayers Rock Airport we met Mike and Karen who promptly introduced themselves by asking me if my wife was Korean. Of course we responded as such and left it at that. His wife is Japanese. Next time we saw them was on the same same tour with us in Melbourne. They were on another bus but we met them at a farm. We did the Penguin Parade and guess what they were there again. This was getting wei ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Christchurch

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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