Fords Colony

... among these is the Governor's house, home to the British Royal Governor, the King's Representative to his Virginia Colony, built to represent the period just before the Revolutionary War.  The home is a meticulously reconstructed mansion ...

... with some of my precious stomach-muesli on the way back through the choppy sea. We also had a little visit to a seal colony in Kaikoura where I was chased by a raging bull. Thankfully I was faster. Next stop was Blenheim in Marlborough, New Zealand's ...

... it's just one example of many in which American companies (and governments) exploit South American resources for their own benefit, but this colony was unique in that Ford actually tried to "export America" to the Amazon. The car company built the town to ...

... we also visited the Coromandel which had fab scenery, but not so great weather, and we had an awesome trip out to the Gannet colony at Cape Kidnappers near Napier, where we pulled along the beach on wagons by a tractor, great fun, hopefully I will get ...

... arose about rights to land and marine resources and the treaty of Waitangi was signed leading to the creation of another English colony. This history excludes the roles of Abel Tasman and Captian Cook in discovering and naming this two island nation, as ...