Half way up...

SHATTERED BUT WORTH IT!

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March 21st 2007
Hi again.. Thought i'd post a quick entry (KATE) as i've blagged the free computer... yes, another blag!! I am still buzzing off my 6hour walk up the fastest moving glacier in the world, habiting Kia parrots, situated through an amazing rain forest. I dont think the pictures actually do this any justice, u had to be there!!! I am absolutley shattered as this was not only the most physically chal ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Franz Josef

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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