All Seasons Auckland

Travel Blogs from Auckland

Auckland

A travel blog entry by carlosb1978

Great to be in Aoteroa: land of the long white cloud. We are ready to settle here and soak up the city. Having never lived in a city centre it was time to enjoy the novelty and convenience (although we didn't consider the noise pollution!). NZ has a great affiliation to the UK and it's so easy to feel at home. We heard more northern England accents …

New Zealand

A travel blog entry by chrissmith300

North Island Emirates; by far the best airline I have flown. Luxurious deep fill seats with fantastic legroom, a choice of hundreds of movies on your own personal entertainment station, and great food and wine with real stainless steel cutlery. And this was standard Economy Class! Believe the hype. Landing in Auckland was a shock to the system, it …

Waiheke Island

A travel blog entry by ditch

Our first week in New Zealand was spent in a pretty gnarly budget hotel just off Queen Street, the main street in Auckland and the heart of the shopping district. This was our base for about 10 days while we found somewhere to live, for Naomi to organise her fast approaching work placement, opening bank accounts, to orientate ourselves and …

May 14, 2012

A travel blog entry by lilianartt

Arrived in Auckland headed caught the bus into the city, told the driver where we were going and if he could let us know when to get off. Now I am the one with the map, we both know what street the hotel is on and the name of the hotel, so up the street we go, steep or what, pulling our suitcase and rucksacks on our backs, up another hill right to …