Drive to Queenstown

June 19th 2006
WOW - the South Island is even more beautiful than the North Island if you can believe that. Took a flight over from Welly to Picton - a little 12 seater and had amazing views of Picton Sound and Marlborough Sound. Also papped Jonah Lomu's house which sits on top of a cliff on the edge of Wellington. First stop on the tour was to a vineyard in Marlborough - hooray! Wine tastings at 11am are ... read more

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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

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Carole Baker

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So, I have my redundancy (hooray) and am off on my travels again. This trip will last four months and I aim to take in a little bit of Malaysia (for the beach), New Zealand and Australia (for the beer, BBQs, extreme sports and handsome guys) and China (for the hell of it)! Having said that, on my trip around South America I managed to more or less ignore my planned itinerary, going in and out of Argentina three times, missing out huge parts of Chile and swinging through Columbia. Hopefully this travel-blog will keep you up to date with my adventures as and when/where they happen. ... full info

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