Climbing Mt. Hell

Franz Joseph-Abel Tasman

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March 20th 2011
Back again, and what an experience we had Saturday. Before that, Friday night in Franz Joseph we enjoyed the local spa for over an hour, despite the constant rain. Come to find out a prominent feature of a rain forest such as the West Coast is is…Rain! It had been raining most of the day, and then most of the night also. We were a bit concerned our hike up to the glacier would be wet, but we wer ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » West Coast

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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