Sky City Casino Auckland

After my father dropped me off at SFO at 8pm for my 9:45pm flight, my nerves finally began to settle. I had been a wreck for a couple days considering I was on the eve of a new and exciting adventure. This would be the first time that I would venture off to travel by myself. Who is going to hold my hair when I drink too much? Who is going to tell …

It's the Rugby WC 2011 !! Go go all blacks !! England vs France match at Eden Park was my first experience watching a live Rugby game Incredible WC fever all over Auckland... You can sense the excitement …

Thankfully on Tuesday morning the sun has returned and allows us to see the Bay of Islands in better splendour. We are out early to take advantage and enjoy breakfast on the pier before driving back to Auckland via the coastal highway down the west coast.

We stop briefly along the way at Opononi after being recommended by Pat and Tracey …

Having decided to check out the 'Razzle Dazzle' 20s, 30s and 40s extravaganza at the rather plush Sky City casino complex, we got togged up in our best clobber (well as best as we could manage whilst living out of a rucksack), so that we wouldn't be ...

... a few awards.  Needless to say we weren't disappointed. Not wanting to change our current traveling habits we then headed to Sky City casino, had a good win and hit the sack at about 2am.   Next morning we got up and finally cooked something ...

... en nadat ik m'n wedbriefjes heb ingeleverd ga ik even naar huis om te douchen, en daarna een potje te pokeren in het Sky City casino. Tradities (casino op tweede kerstdag) zijn er om in ere te houden, en zo ben ik in gedachten nog weer een beetje thuis. ...

... ), and an Irish pub can be found on nearly every block. Gambling is legal so one of the main fixtures inland  is the Sky City casino adjacent to the Sky City tower.   The city had three distinct "vibes" as you moved from the wharf ...

... and had a look around which was fun as it was a lovely day and you could see for ages. i then went to the sky city casino (as you do when you walk past a casino :-p) and they have this cool roulet table things where everyone gets a machine and ...

... I don't drink) I browsed www.topworld.com again, YES, I am getting addicted. And there I found this Adventure: Sky City Tower in Auckland, New Zealand. I Quote from TopWorld: "The Sky City Tower stands at 328m (1076ft) high and is situated in the Sky ...

... before finding a Turkish restaurant near the hotel for dinner. We were surprised at how quiet it was. Other than in the Sky City Casino, there seemed to be no one around - a total contrast to Hong Kong!!! However we did meet two aussies, ...