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March 11th 2008
The drive to Milford Sound is suposed to be one of the most beautiful drives in New Zealand. Milford Sound is actually a fjord, created by a glacier moving to the sea, and not a sopund which is a flooded valley, it was just wrongly classified by the first exploer that discovered it. It is the wettest place in New Zealand and one of the wettest in the world, receiveing about 7m of rain a year. W ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Fiordland National Park » Milford Sound

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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Claire Lewis

TravelBlog: I started writing this blog to try and keep any interested parties updated on my travels. I actually haven't been that greta on updating it as often as I should of really. I could say I was too busy seeing the world to spend time writing about it but I think the real excuse was that I have just been a bit lazy at doing it! I have already arrived home now. I set off on 19th Aug 2007 and returned home on 8th June 2008. I will just finish off a few more entries for the countries that I have missed now that I'm home and have time too..... full info

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