Marco Polo Backpackers Lodge Auckland

... up from the arrivals hall and took us round to their lot to fill out some paperwork. A quick 5 mins orientation with a map and a highlighter pen and we were on our own in a shiny red Ford Focus heading 20km into an unfamiliar city - eek! As it happened it was pretty easy. The hotel directions saw us slip up only once when a road sign was covered by overhanging branches. A quick U-turn put us right though. The hotel is right n the harbour - only the Hilton is closer to the water by ...

Mega busy at work trying to get all my bits and pieces out the way before I leave. <br><br>Almost feel I am too organised but I am sure I will ending up forgetting something!! Especially now I have a house to move into the day I return! (EEEPPPPP!)<br><br>Here's hoping the next 2 days at work go s....l....o....w...l....y so I can get leave for my trip with the knowledge that I have finished off what I need too!<br><br>Fran xx

... St, which is the busy street where all the hip, young kids hang out. Unfortunately since we are neither hip, nor young, finding things to do was difficult. We mostly yelled at kids for listening to "rap n' roll" and driving too fast. Oh, and also, we went to the Skytower, which is the tallest building in the Southern Hemisphere. <br><br>After much more walking around we got pretty tired and decided to update our blog and ...

... I need to mention - it's possible to sit on the toilet, having a shower at the same time ;)<br><br>Anyway we are enjoying Auckland and hopefully soon Kirsty will get some job and I will sort out my visa extension of some sort (or if not, we'll decide what to do after 3 months).<br><br>Greetings to everyone!<br>Leszek and Kirsty<br><br><br><br><br>Witam ponownie, <br>Postaram sie strescic troche bardziej po polsku, bo troche sie rozpisalem po angielsku i widze ze ...

... for the night and Haydn, Celise and Myself were heading into Auckland city to stay at Rydges for the night. We arrived at Rydges and checked into our room. We were only a block away from the Sky Tower so thought that we would head there to do the sky walk but once again Celise wasn't old enough she we purchased tickets to go to the viewing ...

... almost all the medicine we (might but hopefully won't) need for the trip ie anti-biotics in case we get the dreaded "ContikiCough" while we are on the tour just need to get some No Jet-Lag so we aren't walking zombies once we arrive in London. Okay so here is the itinerary; Thursday 16th ...

... them with a 'Buenos Dias' or thanked with a 'Gracias' but I think I'm getting the hang of it at this stage! The weather was absolutely stunning that first day in New Zealand and after the essentials of letting people know I had managed to pop back into the world on the 3rd after missing a day we set off for the exciting business of food shopping. I might have got a little carried away but sausages were a must have as was a Flake and various other bits ...

... the shuttle but they are not so chatty, probably shattered!!. I don't really care as I am happy just observing Auckland by night - well the suburbs of Auckland... I can't stop smiling. I simply feel great here. I get to my hostel, the Lantana Lodge in Parnell, around 5.30 am. The office is supposed to be opened but it is not... luckily there are two guys in the living room, one sleeping on the sofa and the other on the net. I knock on the window and the guy on the net opens ...

With just over a week left in New Zealand I returned to Auckland to do the last bit of sightseeing I'd missed the previous 3 times and complete the final stage of the hostel website. Unfortunately for the duration of my time back in Auckland I had flu to contend with which wasn't nice. However I refused to let this get me down and had several ...