Mountains and Snow

Beautiful: Peeking out above the clouds!

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Day 1+: Many, many, hours of Travel, ATL to CHC

December 23rd 2010
Our journey began at 05:00 am, where we managed to somehow avoid outrageous extra weight and extra size baggage fees. At the gate we ran down the itinerary of the trip: It's aggressive but has a few key rest afternoons built in. I am proud to say that even with our circumnavigation of the South Island the most driving we have on any one day is 6.5 hours. On the plane I got some 'light' reading ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Christchurch

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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