Day Seventy Nine Photo 3

Day Seventy Nine

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August 6th 2008
HAPPY BIRTHDAY IN NEW ZEALAND, DAD!!! I will wish you a better one when it really is your birthday, and an even better one when I get home. I love you! Hey, everyone! I'm sure you weren't on the edge of your seat, but we are doing great! Our fly-cruise-fly trip to Milford Sound was cancelled due to bad weather at sea. It would have been great to see Fiordland from the air and to sail ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Wanaka

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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