Chilling by the river

Glaciers, mountain biking, and sand flies!

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February 13th 2007
The glaciers were....not exactly what I expected but amazing none-the-less. There are two well known glaciers on the east coast of the south island- Fox and Franz Joseph Glacier- no where else in the world are glaciers at similar coordinates and still advancing. (Again- pictures to come) but it was exciting to hike up to these huge glaciers- flying from rock to rock to get to the base of the gla ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Queenstown

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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