Atop Mt Luxmore

New places new faces

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November 27th 2006
sorry...I lied..no update that day.....my apologies. After the Routeburn track my achilles was aching quite a bit...(like, I couldnt walk to the bathroom type of aching). So I was stuck in a little town of 4500 people that was like a mix b/w Niagara on the Lake and Banff...pretty sweet...but a few too many lovebirds. I went to a bar the first night just to play some pool and ended up meeting ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Te Anau

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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