Mt Cook and me

Queenstown -> Christchurch

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January 28th 2008
I am now back in Christchurch. The Garden City or the English City. In Queenstown and the most exciting activity I did was the Luge, down the mountain 😊 Still, great fun and very nice mountain scenery while going doing the track. I faniced a visit to the Ice Bar! Basically a bar where everything is made out of ice including the glass. Next stop after Queenstown - Dunedin. The Scottish ci ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Dunedin

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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