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Tag 5 - Ankunft in Auckland, Neuseeland
Um kurz nach 08:00 Uhr ging es dann endlich weiter von Brisbane nach Auckland wo wir drei Stunden später ENDLICH landeten. Wir befanden uns mittlerweile in einem Zustand, der sich nur schwer in Worten ausdrücken lässt. Vom Flughafen Auckland ging es dann weiter Richtung Shakespeare Hotel, wo wir die erste Nacht ...
Culinary Excursion to Vietnam with Luke Nguyen
... 8220;Red Lantern” restaurant in Sydney and author of a number of cookbooks. My husband and I would watch each week and get taken in by the dishes that Luke cooked on the show and the stories, people and experiences he featured in each episode. I remember one night, he had bought some fresh seafood from one of the floating markets and Steven would go on about how we should go there and that he really wanted to eat that “amazing seafood”. Then ...
Out and about in Auckland
... at Sky Tower, the highest building in Auckland, to enjoy the view of the city and the harbour. The views were amazing and well worth the money. In the observatory there were two glass floor panels which were terrifying to stand over. Why I thought holding onto the bar on the side would make any distance if the glass was to break. I forced myself to stand on it, hands free and was chuffed at how brave I was, well that was until someone went flying past the window ...
Diving
... den Wirpool gelassen, damit wir uns aufwaermen koennen. Dann wurde uns gezeigt, wir wir all unsere Sachen richtig aufbauen und dann ging das grosse gespringe los, wo jeder versucht hat in seinen wetsuit zu kommen. Aber auch das hat jeder nach ei***** Zeit geschafft. Wir wurden in Gruppen aufgeteilt und uns wurde jeder ein Buddy zugeteilt. Wenn man tauchen geht, geht man immer nur mit einem Buddy tauchen, sprich einem anderen Taucher, an den man sich ...
Just a bed for the night
... br> The hotel is OK actually. They offer a return shuttle bus from the airport. While we didn't realise it was $10 per person, it was well worth it and very punctual. We had an enjoyable dinner including 'pizza bread' which I assumed would be a few slices of pizza base. Wrong. It was a whole pizza. We did not go away hungry. With Priority Privilege two people dine ...