Some cool rocks

Oceania End

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August 17th 2003
phew! We finished up our grand ol trip with a trip to the cadbury chocolate factory and the steepest street in the world. The factory provided a nice insite into the choco-world not to mention some free sweats. yum. The streepest street gave me an oppurtunity to run off those extra calories. We also ran into some english friends from over a month ago at the beginning of our traveling in australi ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island

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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