Auckland Travel Blogs - Page 2

I suppose it was bound to happen...it's wasn't spectacularly sunny today. Still not cold, but cloudy. I went out to lunch for my last day in Auckland at the Mexican place I've passed quite a few times down on the wharf. It boasts the "best mexican in auckland." It was horrible. Worst chicken quesad…

the mauri name for new zealand, which i couldn't spell even if i wanted to means "land of the long white cloud".. which i thought that was kind of interesting, so i decided to drop that here..  its fairly early in the morning here and i'm about to head up to the bay of islands (have a few minu…

While boarding our flight, we noticed a group of three wearing masks (across their face and mouth).  They sat right in front of us.  Soon after takeoff they removed their masks … only to put them on for arrival.  I’m not sure what their concerns are … the risk of contracting so…

I got to the university in the morning. It's said that the Auckland university is the best university in New Zealand.  The largest university in New Zealand is located just across the road to the North West of the Domain. For over 100 years, the University has had a presence on what is no…

Just a few pics from my homeland. If anyone has any questions about NZ please just email me :-)

For my last part of the trip I hired a car. I drove to Raglan and stayed there for 2 nights. I quite enjoyed it there, however I didn't think it was that special. Everyone told me it is really really nice there. It was nice but I've seen much nicer places. I went for a walk on the beach and went to…

2 days before I was to depart I decided to head up to Auckland. The first night I got to experience a New Zealand 21st which was lots of fun! In the US 21 is a big day for us because we become of legal drinking age but in NZ the 21st's are huge! People get their friends and family together for food…

Auckland is the main gateway for travellers to New Zealand and is our biggest city - but still small compared to most major cities of the world. A few days here is a great way to overcome jet lag and acclimatize your body-clock after a long flight. Remember you are in an island nation sitting in th…

A few cool photos of NZ, enjoy!

We missed the first of our 4 home flights in Apia Samoa! All the TravBuddies will laugh:our flight in Apia  was at 1245 am,we went to the Airport at 1000:our flight was gone since hours! I thought that 1245 am means noon 45,in fact it was 0045!!! I have to do some progress i…

It's my last day in New Zealand and I planned to make the most of it.  I started with a quick breakfast at White in the Hilton, then headed out to meet David for some sea kayaking on the Auckland Harbor.  We rented the kind of sea kayaks where you sit on top of the boats and they are virt…

Finally my first message from abroad and even now time is short since I'm working on a computer with a time clock on it. So, in short: Bad startMy big around the world journey started out quite bad, since it started with a minor food poisening. No, not from eating from street stalls in Hong Kong, …

Extra long as in 5 full days and 6 nights in Auckland.  Well, more like the north shore of the Auckland area.  We stayed at Rod's parents' house which was further up the north coast and not right in the city.  So it was an extra long weekend in the Auckland area.  The weekend so…

I survived the SkyJump at the Skytower, wohoooo!

Aucklands photos of summer 2006