Auckland Travel Blogs - Page 3

When you really want to do something, and it is not at this moment, it take such a long time. This is one of a moment like that. I really want to go home right now. this is my last day, tomorrow morning the long flights will start and just wait until I'm back. Somewhere in the afternoon I went ou…

We're going to down under!

right, i have fallen a mile behind on this thing so unfortunately these blogs are going to be less detailed than the ones from South America. Before fliying to Aukland we had two night in Santiago, Chile, which I havent made a blog of...we just stayed in a hostel, looked around the city a bit and t…

My last trip to Aus&Nz. April 2007....and next October I'll be there again...wow!!!!

We arrived early in Auckland, but going through the customs was very hard. Finally everybody was ready and we could go to the bus, but not after I got some money out off the wall. Because we had a long time to wait I almost knew everybody by name. Our tour guide Wai had more problems remembering th…

Well arrived on the 14th here in beautiful Auckland. Good city as far as I can judge. Today (16/01/09) I went to famous Skytower and have to say: WOW! The view on a beautiful day like today is just amazing and this tower is sooo incredibly high. Didn't do the Skzjump. Thought that I will have the c…

I think that trip to New Zealand is one of the craziest things I've ever done and also the best! Not much planning before hand, not sure what I could expect, but whatelse to say? It was one of my best holidays ever :)So come and join me on a fantastic trip through New ZealandInstead of starting my …

Some random pics from my random travels

So it's been around 3 years since my 7 month journey of the south pacific, where has the time gone? My memory is a bit fuzzy after so much time, but i'll try and cover the highlights starting with NZ. It was December 2003 and I had just finished college (Computer Systems Technology @ Seneca College…

well we are finally on our way, today a quick trip down to Auckland to change plane and have a quick stop over in wellington was nice to see the changes in Auckland Int. Airport, nice greeting of a maori carving at the port. easy to get around just sadly you need to walk to the domestic airport …

Auckland Itself There is a bit of a dichotomy about Auckland: To an outsider like me it’s a fabulous cosmopolitan city with everything going for it…it has a distinct centre, fabulous cuisine, a lively entertainment scene, impressive buildings and beautiful coastal views on almost every corne…

Saturday, July 23rd, 2005 8:02PM Noah Patrick Torres noahpatricktorres@yahoo.com New Zealand, Auckland Auckland's Central Backpackers Hostel Internet Cafe   Hello, how have you been? Well my trip here in Auckland keeps getting better and better and better. It is a fascinating city with…

So; Excellent news. I went out walking at night with Ian (the senior ranger here on Tiri, he would like me to mention that is a hunk, only young attractive female volunteers need apply... ha ha) to see if I could find any kiwi. We walked for about 40 mintutes, searcing around, and it was erie, it w…

....is not 'all' that great as a 'city' in the traditional sense of the word. There's not much to the town centre or the business district and it kinda feels a bit soul-less. But...When you get to the suburbs and outlying districts you suddenly realise what Auckland is all about. Working hard an…

I met Stephen at 9:30 and we got to the ferry to Waiheke Island.  It was a really smooth 30 minute ride and you could see all the islands around Auckland.  Once there, we hired a car and headed to Stephen's son Cameron's house.  he and his girlfriend have a 2 month old baby - Cody.&n…