Me and the Canoe

Erez took most of the pictures in this trip (mainly on the river) so I'll have them only when I get home. I only have these 2 souvenirs - one with canoe, one from Bridge to Nowhere

3 days on a river journey, in a canoe!

April 5th 2005
As you have probably noticed so far, I am doing here in New Zealand things that are VERY different. The last 3 days were probably the most different adventure I have done here. The Whanganui river journey, as it is called, is one of NZ "great walks" as they defined. But it's not a walk - it's a canoe journey. You pack all your stuff in water proof barrels, tie them to the canoe, take paddles (one ... read more

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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

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