Mount Cook

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April 9th 2009
We arrived in Tekapo just after lunch where the whole town was covered in snow. It was also freezing. Quickly we walked up the street to our lodgings to dump our stuff and more importantly get into somewhere warm. We had chosen, as usual, the cheapest option but to our surprise it turned out the cheapest option isn't always the worst. I think I can safely say that the Tailor-made backpackers is th ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Lake Tekapo

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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