Full Circle
Day 149: Mount Cook

The hotel manager tells us that Prime Minister Bulger sees New Zealand firmly as an Asian-Pacific country. After Australia, Japan is their second biggest trading partner. Korea is the fourth biggest, overtaking Britain. The majority of the new immigrants to New Zealand are now Korean or Taiwanese.
How changed everything is since I did my O' Levels. One last time before bed I look out of the window at Mount Cook, bathed in moonlight. Even that is thirty-four feet shorter.
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PALIN'S GUIDES
- Series: Full Circle
- Day: 149
- Country/sea: New Zealand
- Place: Mount Cook
- Book page no: 206
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