Auckland Travel Blogs - Page 10

Hey! Kia Ora everybody (no, not the fruit drink that was narrowly pipped to my'Favourite juice drinks of the 20th Century', Um Bongo, but the traditional Maori phrase for Hello!).   Day three in NZ and I can see why New Zealand has been classed as one of the best cities to live in in the wor…

2 weeks doing conservation volunteer work 2 weeks traveling the sites and going on adventures through the north and south islands.

Dave and I went to Auckland for a short break before heading off to the UK. He had to be out of Australia to renew his visa and I decided to go with him. My Mum and stepfather came up from Dunedin as well. Did a number of things including a Harbour cruise, The Sky Tower, Maritime Museam, Auckland …

I was meant to be jobless by now.  So I booked a winter escape to Cairns and the Barrier Reef.  But as it turned out, I got extended in my contract rather unexpectedly.  So I get to keep a job and go on a short holiday.  Is that priceless or what?!  

Hi all,As I write this I am sitting in Auckland Airport waiting to board my plane for LA. It is amazing just how quiet it is at Auckland Airport. I feel like I am at Canberra Airport either early in the morning, or late at night. I can look out at the plane that I will be travelling on and it looks…

We were only in Auckland for 1 day because it was more of just a stop off point.  However it was a great day and i really enjoyed exploring the city.  My particular favourite was going up Sky Tower; the view is fantastic! We went up ther at night which i think is actually better because y…

We've arrived in Auckland and have settled in our hostel.  It's a little sad to have left our friends in Sydney :( oh boo.  We have booked ourselves some tours around the north island (which unfortunately is all we have time for...oh well south island next time ;)).  We will be roami…

We found out this afternoon about the delays to our flight plans by Aerolineas and boarded our flight very worried about exactly how long it was going to take us to get where we were headed and wondering whether our tickets would still be ok.  Well.....  on arrival in Auckland it too…

A stopover in Sabah in Malaysian Borneo on the way to bustling, modern and historic Shanghai. Then to Huangshan for a hike in the most stunning scenery imaginable. Finished with a visit to my maternal great-grandfather's home in Xiamen.

As you may have noticed the blog has not been updated since arriving in New Zealand as internet cafes are hard to come by and not that cheap but Im going to update it over the next few days especially as I have done a skydive today :) (Sorry i didnt tell you on the phone mum but didnt want you…

Here are some pictures of my trip to New Zealand. I went to both North and South Island by rental car. Enjoy!!!

I short fortnight break away to the majestic North and South Island of New Zealand for some hiking and snowboarding.

The plan is for this to chronicle my trip which takes us through all the main continents, bar antarctica (flights there are hard to come across)... sweeeet

We've had a couple of people emailing to say that they couldn't find our other blog of New Zealand, so the link to it is as below: http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/23098  

A variation on the classic Trans-Siberian rail journey. We chose to start in Beijing, travel through Mongolia and finish up in Kazan (in the semi-autonomous republic of Tatarstan within the Russian Federation).