Grafton Oaks Hotel Auckland

... because of I was trying and failing to get into a deep sleep. I "rested my eyes" and felt like I slept for 2 hours. It was not good, and I was not knocked out like I desired.<br><br> After my attempts to sleep basically failed, I had wanted to see the plentiful games, movies, music, etc on Qantas' IFE, but the system was ...

... you Nevada people, the movie takes place in New Zealand and Nevada. What a cool connection. I ate a wonderful beef roast and veggies dinner at a Mac's Brewery brew pub. One of the best meals of the trip. I was up early the next morning to head out to Abel Tasman National Park. After arriving there at 9am, I met up with a British dude named Dave who was going to hike the same track in Abel Tasman as me. We decided to join one another to the huts ...

erst einmal wieder ein paar bilder :) ich kann nur eins sagen,:neuseeland is der absolute hamma!:) hier ist es echt wunderschoen. aber eins ist auch noch wunderschoen,und zwar bin ich in 3 tagen schon wieder im schoenen freiburg!! freu mich drauf euch alle wieder zu sehen!:) eure ronia

... the glasses and the bar. We were the only ones there so we did some cheesy dancing and licked the ice sculptures. After Auckland we headed north to the bay of islands where dolphins swim around the coves. The weather is great, just like a British summer on a good day. We went to the very northern tip of NZ and drove along 90 mile beach and swam in both the pacific and tasman seas, it was freezing. We went sndboarding down huge dunes at ...

... merriment on our table, now laughing with absolute abandonment. The thought of so many people who normally don't drink being plied with free alcohol makes me wonder what the outcome will be, it certainly won't be restrained, or polite if their normal behaviour is anything to go by. The latest complaint from the blue rinse brigade is, as we don't drink alcohol, and fruit juice with the evening meal isn't the same, will we be able to claim extra compensation?

Nous arrivons maintenant à Auckland, lieu ou nous devons rendre le camping car pour partir en direction des îles Fidgi. Nous sommes assez déçus par cette ville qui, en dehors des ses rues commerçantes, nous parait énorme et assez monotone. Nous n'aurons malheureusement pas le temps d'approfondir la question car notre vol pour Nadi nous attend.