This coral reef was just meters from our beach

Paradises Paradise

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September 17th 2008
Well well well...look who it is After 6 months back in the trenches of PricewaterhouseCoopers, I have once again felt the need to depart from Toronto, and live out of a backpack once again. It wont be easy to stop work and relax, but I feel I have the skills necessary to get the job done. This trip will take me and my friend Alex around the world in just over a year. I am hopping to hit ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Queenstown

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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