Auckland Travel Blogs - Page 5

And it was a long journey.....Damn I could not believe that I will have to fly 24 hours (not including the 5 hours break we spent in Hong Kong) just in order to start my vacation of my life (the one I was dreaming about for the last 8 years), we landed in the north island of New Zealand around noon…

A quick definition of hell: being sat next to a 'big lad' who's reading an Encyclopaedia of Small Firearms for the two hour bus ride from Hamilton to Auckland at the height of the New Zealand summer.Or, to put it another way: breathing through your mouth for two hours whilst hoping the bloke sat ne…

What an amazing time we had in New Zealand, we both loved every minute of it and simply had the best time ever!!! We had a great flight fom Fiji to Auckland where the stewardesses were amazingly generous with their pourings and as such we landed very comfortably, relaxed and really wanting to stay…

Another chapter in our journey has come to a close, and now we've got to get ready for yet another one to begin!!  Wow! How time has flown by here!  We spent a month in this beautiful country and now it's time to go!!!  It seems as if we just got here yesterday, but no, how time ha…

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, …

We have arrived in New Zealand and although we are feeling like zombies from the flight and losing a day in time (how? I mean, just how?), we are loving Auckland. It is gorgeous, sunny and really different to home and the people are so friendly. We have also enjoyed fish and chips, yep thats right,…

I've finally had time to organise the content of this trip properly.  Previously, I had just dumped my emails to friends and family in Travbuddy and added some photos.  I've now also uploaded additional photos.  Enjoy!  

Like I said, www.airasia.com had a big sale ... at these prices one doesn't need a reason to travel! I joined up the places which I've longed to visit, the family obligations and the impulse decisions. And in the space of an afternoon, I had bought seven tickets for NZD350 (approx EUR175) incl…

"Sometimes we walk away from our dreams afraid that we may fail, or worse yet, afraid we may succeed.....Dream as   if you’ll live forever �" live as if you’ll die tomorrow....." Kia ora! It is 16.45 local time when we touched down in Auckland. I am more than 18000km away from…

We made it to Auckland after probably the worst ever check-in experience that we could have imagined at Santiago, thanks to the mind-boggling stupidity and dishonesty of the LAN Chile check-in staff that resulted in us getting to the airport before nearly any other passenger for the flight and bein…

I'm clearly in preparation mode before the journey - probably making pretty heavy weather of the whole run-up before I travel, it's just that the trip to Savong's School in April carries a whole heap of items for my agenda. On the personal front I simply want to see my friends again - Savong, his w…

We arrived home to find a bumper harvest from our cat Nyoman.  Marie (my friend, schoolmate and travel companion ... turned catsitter and housesitter) had been harvesting the hair from the cat each time she was being combed.  Perfect timing as it was spring and she was moulting. While it…

It was our last few hours in San Francisco today as tonight we fly to New Zealand.  Up early for breakfast and after packing and checking out we headed to a place called Mel's Diner - a place Emma had been before - its a really typical old fashioned American diner, we both had something from t…

OK, I don't want to rub it in for those who can't swing business class (and without a travelling spouse, neither could I) but business class is SWEET!  We were actually upstairs on the airplane and there were only maybe 6 other passengers in business class. Big space-pod chairs with a dozen c…

new zealand here i come! after a devastating flight from saturday 20 jan to monday 22 jan (bloody hell, my weekend is gone!) next to a fat, snoring & stinking guy in the middle seat (me having the window seat) i was quite exhausted arriving at 6 in the morning in auckland... at least the 747 of…