Karin's Garden Villa B&B Auckland

... of being built on a pier - and the views are pretty ace. This hotel is almost exactly 1/2 the price of the HK one. OK we lose the chrome and glass, but we gain a much better view and a much bigger room. I am happy with the trade.<br><br>Since we've checked in we haven't done much. A walk round the some of the harbour and downtown shops and that's enough for me today. I need to claw back some of that sleep cruelly robbed by flying. Tomorrow, however, is going to be a busy day...<br>

Finally, have managed to get off the plane, get some comfort and real food! The flight wasn't so bad but i was still irritable! This was not helped by the kid in front of me pushing his seat back and knocking my muvh needed glass of red wine all over the floor, and the woman sat behind me hittting me on the head twice as she got up, some angry fist shaking was much needed! Think it was due to my being so tired but i started really feeling anxious about ...

... for the rest of the day. Tomorrow we're going to find some more active things to do, maybe a harbor cruise, maybe look at the various museums and art galleries, who knows? What I do know is we're in the biggest, busiest city in New Zealand and it's still a beautiful place. One can only imagine what the other parts of this country have in store for us.<br><br>Welp, until next time, thanks for reading!<br><br>Best,<br>Ari and Peter<br>

... siedzi i sie nudzi (plus bateria w laptopie niedlugo sie wyczerpie). Dla niewtajemniczonych - zdecydowalem sie na podroz na antypody, a w szczegolnosci do Nowej Zelandii z nadzieja na zwiedzenie okolicznych wysp (Australia, Fiji i powrot przez Azje lub Ameryke do Europy). W planach nasza podroz ma trwac plus minus rok z okazjonalna praca coby nie wyczyscic sie z wszystkich oszczednosci. <br><br>Moja podroz zaczela sie we wtorek (18tego sierpnia) z Wroclawia do Londynu ...

... a good kiwi experience...<br><br>I'm meeting a girl called Kate for lunch today in the city (soon). She is quite good fun &amp; has some interesting stories: She arrived in Australia &amp; was arrested after 3 days for armed robbery! (Mum - don't worry - she isn't an armed robber.) She just had the same name as the person they were hunting &amp; was arrested until they proved it wasn't her &amp ...

The last few days of my stay in NZ were in a remote spot called Port Waikato, on the west coast an hour or so from Auckland. It is so remote there is no phone signal from the house until you reach the main road about 20 minutes away. The house is a Bach (pronounced Batch) which is a second home of a friend. It was really nice to spend some time just chilling out. The weather took a change for the better and it was so nice to have clear sunny days. There are lots of ...

... day in London! Contiki tour meeting @ 6pm Sunday 19th April - Depart London on Contiki European Explorer with Greek Island Touring heading for our first stop - PARIS! Monday 20th April - PARIS Tuesday 21st April - PARIS - LYON Wednesday 22nd April - LYON - BARCELONA Thursday 23d April ...

... Kiwi life. The island was absolutely stunning from tip to tail and we enjoyed a fine day of bussing, tramping (other wise known as walking along trails through the bush), relaxing on lovely sandy beaches and getting lost (occasionally)! We were rather scratched and tired by the end of the day as we'd ventured some rather rarely used tracks which at one point led us into someones back garden which we skipped through and continued down an even less ...

... is nice. It is also clean and there is free coffee and tea - luxury!! ;o)) I then head out for a walk - I need to wake up!! and I do need to stay up until tonight otherwise I may suffer more from jetlag.... I feel self conscious about doing this walk alone for some reason - I guess I still need to get used to the whole travel alone thing.... I go sit in a cafe and order yogurt and cereals and coffee... and I read my New Zealand guide for a couple of hours... I head back to the ...

Arrived safely about 1245 hrs on Saturday 31st (13hrs ahead of UK now remember). Flights were good but arrived tired due to lack of sleep. Picked up hire car and managed to follow family to get safely to Beachlands, a suburb of Auckland. After a quick bite to eat, we went for a walk to two of the local beaches and then returned in time for a BBQ with friends of Karen & Chris (Janice's sister ...