Hyatt Auckland

... my parents generation, but we decide that it will be fun and decide to go with the less expensive hippie van. The Hyatt hotel in Auckland is great and I surprise Kristin with a Dinner Cruise aboard a Sailboat.  We cruise on a sleek racing-style ...

We spent a lovely Christmas in Auckland with my parents. It was strange staying in a hotel but a welcome change. We stayed at the lovely Hyatt (what a breakfast) and the service and BEDS were fantastic after sleeping in sponges for so long! The city was ...

... ; took a heli ride back to auckland, and had dinner up at the museum which was an old war building. also went sailing on auckland harbour in an americas cup boat. and the highlight was jumping off the auckland city sky tower.  tho i expected it to be ...

... amazing scenery through lava trails and forests, and the beautiful scenes from the summit. After Rangitoto, I wanted to check out Auckland Museum. All guidebooks and even locals recommend a stop at the museum, which was right up my alley, I ...

Our second full day in new zealand started in rotorua. We spent the night there after driving down from Auckland yesterday and decided we wanted to see the area here rather than go back to Auckland even though we had a hotel room booked there. We started ...

... that we didn't want to spend our whole trip in the car so we had to get a hotel in Rotorua (3-4 hours drive from Auckland) even though we had a hotel in Auckland. Tomorrow we are thinking about going to visit Tongariro and it's blue lakes (where Mordor ...

... rest of the island. We decided to rent a car for the next 3 days so we can really maximize our time across the island. Auckland is nice but it's a city and the real stuff to see here is across the country. There are several spots within 2-3 hours driving ...

... in fab place overlooking the harbour, again wonderful food. Went to wineyard in Waikeke island one  hour ferry trip from Auckland. Scenery out of this world. Went for wine tasting to 3 vineyard and had dinner there before getting ferry back. Again ...

3rd May – last day in HK The flight to Auckland wasn't until 21:05, so we had almost a full day in HK. Since our last visit in 2008, two new shopping/commercial centres have opened, so it seemed the ideal time to go and have a look round.  ...

... , is not knowing  how to decide what to do. I was torn between checking out of my hotel and staying another night in Auckland somewhere new (umm, hostel...I'm supposed to stay in hostels...) OR checking out and heading on to other parts of the North ...

1st: 12-14 Dec 2008 actually I'm too lazy to write anything... haha Enjoy the pictures ...

... ease in to "Budget Travel" with the excuse that it was such a long trip on my own. I went ahead with a reservation for the Auckland Hyatt. With a destination in mind when I landed, I just had to figure out their bus system and make my way to the hotel. ...

... to Davenport for dinner -- that is a great little suburb of Victorian houses with incredible views of the city. General thoughts -- Auckland is a beautiful city. Lots of parks, full of trees. The trees everywhere are a-buzz with insects, and yet you ...

... ; Not necessarily a bad thing but it does make you think about the potential for problems over here. We arrived in Auckland and again stayed at the Hyatt Regency (on points and in the Regency floor).  We are only here for a few hours so we walk ...

... helpful and accommodating – pointing us in the direction of the “Mountain” which is really a large hill looking over Auckland.  It was a nice hike up the backside of the hill, in an area called Maungawhau and took about 20 minutes ...

... to wrap this up and go to sleep...our visit was short but sweet, and I would defiinitely recommend 2-3 days for Auckland (a daytriip to Waiheke Island included) as part of visiting New Zealand. A quick note: we took a little break from ...

... and the trendy Parnell Street where we sipped hot chocolate in arty cafes whilst pretending to be intellectuals. The highlight of our Auckland stay though, was a visit to old friend Rossy who I first became acquainted with a the ripe old age of four. ...

... and going with sun peaking out and more rainbows. Next was Tamaki Drive. This road hugs along the coast with great views of Auckland city center. We decided to have dinner in Mission Bay which is along Tamaki drive before heading back to the hotel. ...

... are in the laundry. I think they should be dry by now, so I'll sign off to go fold them and explore the city of Auckland after. Stay safe everyone. Click here to jump to more info on the Sydney Harbour Cruise Click here to jump to more info on the ...