Auckland
Travel Blogs from Auckland, New Zealand
Poncing around in Ponsonby
... Mark's bodyboard didn’t make it and had to be sent separately later. We spent our first day at Ponsonby backpackers in Auckland organising ourselves, adjusting to the freezing cold weather and buying thermal woolly hats and ...
the van
... , its just ive not really have much internet acces in our van haha! we got a van with a cow and a sheep on it in auckland and weve been down to rotorua, taupo, wellington and were now in christchurch. its been very different in the van, has been awsome ...
'Jenny the van'...
... fashion-education sufferer! She's in her final year (NZ school year is jan-nov) and may meet up with her again when I get back to Auckland at the end of August. So, off to Kea campers to pick up the 4-birth... not quite a self cleaning town house ...
New Zealand
... and spent a few hours learing about the history of New Zealand, fascinating story. The difference between Australia and New Zealand in the integration with the native population is very noticeable. The Maori culture and language is a ...
The Kiwi Experience
Friday 9th November & we have arrived in Auckland to the usual ques for immigration, customs etc. Anyway got the super shuttle into Auckland. Brenda picked a well cool hotel, asked for a queen bed on a high floor, got that OK, they put us on the ...
Auckland on a Monday night
... meeting that it's kind of daunting, so I think no matter where I choose to go it will be cool, and each place in New Zealand seems to have a certain charm. Right now I'm leaning toward heading south to Christchurch and working for a while and checking a ...
It's Winter Time!
After a long journey, stopping over for three hours in Sydney, we were pretty tired when we got to Auckland. Luckily, New Zealand is super-equipped for tourism, so we managed to hop on a bus into the city from the airport and check into a nice hostel ...
The force and a city break
Stopped off in Auckland for a couple of days to get some things sorted out and plan the rest of my NZ trip. I took it easy here, read lots, re-met at least 2 people I had seen on my trip before and saw the latest Star Wars movie. Ewan has a pants English ...
Putting a dampener on plans
... would have to wait. So I’m back in Auckland, where I’ll spend the rest of my time until I catch my flight out of New Zealand on 9th April. It’s a shame to miss out of course, especially with being so close to Fiji, but it’s not ...

