And I'm inside ("self portrait")

To Mount Cook with 6 Israeli "Kids"

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March 2nd 2005
I am now back in Christchurch for 2 hours, ending one period of my trip and starting another. The last 2 days were full of hard work, but as always - also a lot of fun. I drove 700 km in these 2 days, from Dunedin to a beautiful place called Mt Cook, and today to Christchurch. Mount Cook is the highest mountain in NZ. The glaciers I visited 2 weeks ago belong to the same area but there is no acc ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Canterbury Plains

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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