Routeburn Track

Routeburn Track: Day 2

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January 3rd 2011
Early to bed, early to rise. I was up by about 6:30, and after a quick bite (english muffins, peanut butter, and honey) it was time to hit the trail. The weather was fantastic again. The track climbed steeply for the first twenty or thirty minutes before evening out to an alpine valley. Stunning. The scenario kept repeating, revealing more and more of the valley. Then another steady climb brought ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » National Parks » Mt Aspiring National Park

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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