Eden Park Bed & Breakfast Auckland

... onto a nightclub which made it even worse. There was only the 3 of us in our dorm though which was pretty good.

The following day we went across to Devonport which was a short ferry ride from Auckland. We had a wander around the town before walking up Mount Victoria and admiring the views across Auckland city. It was a nice day and we had a picnic at the summit. Celia wasn’t feeling to well so we went back to the hostel, grabbing an icecream on the way back for ...

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In Swakapomund, Namibia to see within 2 km thousands unemployed living in shanty townships to nearby sea side suburbs with locked up by absentee owners and their seaside resort houses like those at our (New Zealand) Coromandel Peninuslar’s Pauanui.

At no times did I feel unsafe from either being only a few metres from wild animals or walking the streets of ...

... family of about 12 Asians who had been caught holed up in a one bedroom flat, all sitting in reception in their pyjamas.

Whilst in Auckland we did the coast to coast - going from the east shore of Auckland and walking west. Although a good days walk, this is not as grand as it sounds as it´s only about 20km but it did provide some great views of the city from the high points of Mount Eden and One Tree Hill. From upon high you can clearly see that Auckland is built upon ...

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ifra detaljene er det et spektakulært skue inni en mørklagt grotte.

Neste dag utforsket vi området rundt Rotarua kjent for seismisk aktivitet, noe
som resulterer i såkalte "thermal hot pools" som er litt
vanskelig å oversette. Området er også kjent for ekstreme
jordskjelv og vulkanutbrudd. Verdens kraftigste omtalte
vulkanutbrudd, så kraftig at vulkanen ble sprengt og er idag NZ
største vann(på størrelse med Singapore) skjedde her for ...

... great cities of the world and the amazing heights of the skyscrapers of Shanghai or Dubai it really looks a little bit pathetic. Still in the inimitable character of the Kiwi people they have given it that little bit of extra excitement. How many other skyscrapers in the world can you actually bungee jump off of? We spent a short time wandering around the streets of Auckland and a visit to ...

... a bite to eat before meeting Doshi for another surprise day out. The 1st stop today was Misson Bay and beach, here we stopped to sit in he sun for a bit and take in the view before driving up the hill to Bastion Point. There was a war memorial and the site was also used as a lookout for anybody trying to attack many years ago, as you can imagine it provided some good views. From Bastion Point we drove around to the North Shore ...

... off on the east coast of NZ, they pulled in & asked the locals to help them with some food and shelter. The locals said No and so this area was named "Poverty Bay"...further up the coast Captain Cooks ship had more luck and the locals were happy to help them out at the area now known as "Bay of Plenty"! In Mt. Maunganui we were met by gorgeously sunny weather and so chilled out on the golden beaches enjoying ice creams & the surfers. We visited a few of the local ...

... to the mistique of this spring. Next, I walked a series of nature trails. These meander through scenic areas of the park taking you to places like the Wai-O-Tapu geyser, Frying Pan Flat, the Oyster Pool and Sulfur Cave. Also there are a couple of educational nature trails with native plants and trees of of New Zealand. Overall, it is a colorful and amazing place to see, but after a while the sulfurous vapors which permeate the park started to ...

... t even go in the sea as the waves were lethal! We had a good nights sleep though and journeyed back to the 'big smoke' of Auckland to sadly hand in they keys of the 'Hippie' - it had been a tremendous journey. So we've now checked into Queen's street backpackers in the heart of Auckland, where we have 2 days to explore the 'city of sails' before boarding another plane to another country ...

... of Piha
beach. It felt like he just pulled over off the side of the road
randomly and we walked down what I'd call "off the beaten path" right
into the woods, and emerged right into a fresh water stream carrying
all the black sand down ...