We made it.

A cafe on top of a mountain...only in NZ.

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March 28th 2009
28/3/09 = Mt John and the view of Lake Tekapo Really good nights sleep last night and only woke up this morning at 7:45 because everyone else was awake; could have slept forever. Snoozed in bed until 8:15, then got up and made nice cup of tea. Got back into bed with tea and wrote diary for a while. So nice to get up and not be in a rush. Festered there until 9, then got up, had porridge, got ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Lake Tekapo

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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