Lake in Queenstown

There and back again

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March 23rd 2009
I think i was in Queenstown when i last wrote. From there i took a 4 day bus journey to visit all the southern parts of the south island, which returned me back to Queenstown so i'm back here again now. I've been travelling on the magic bus so far but spent the last four days on the Kiwi experience bus, which is generally for younger travellers. I was trying to be young and cool but being the olde ... 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