Mercure Windsor Auckland

... . About 15% of the NZ population is Maori. The Maroi's came from South East Asia and are the origianal settlers of New Zealand. The Auckland Museum sits on one of the 48 volcanoes in Auckland. We walked to the top of the volcano and down into the crater. ...

Auckland was really nice. It is similar for Perth except for the random cows walking around in the middle of the city (Mt ...

Sunday 28 September Auckland                             S 36° ...

... the back of eleven and our tummies were starting to rumble.  There are tons of wee cafes and restaurants in the centre of Auckland and we picked one which claimed to serve the "best fish and chips in town".  Andy obliged and ordered this whereas ...

... of sail boats. Today is Monday, so we only saw a handful on the water. One of the interesting things that I notice in Auckland that I haven't seen anywhere else, is the unique way they cross the street. There is no turn on red, so instead of needing to ...

... exactly what was being described on the text board.  It was a really unusual and effective way of highlighting the highlights of Auckland, and made for a couple of good photos as well :o) After we'd circled the deck a couple of times we headed down ...

We landed in the cool of the evening having lost two hours after leaving Brisbane. Kiaora Auckland! We dropped our bags off at the hotel which was situated Downtown on Queen St. We then headed for the Harbour which was very lively especially around the ...

... .  We got chatting to one of the barmaids, a Welshie, who was really friendly.  She was travelling and ended up in Auckland and then couldn't afford to go anywhere else so is working at the pub.  Her last flight home on her RTW ticket was ...

... route took me through familiar territory from earlier walks, to start with, but after the University I got into parkland at the Auckland Domain (missing the museum again, mysteriously) and suburbs I hadn't seen. Eventually I arrived at the highest point ...

... defeat and gave us a voucher for another go, valid indefinitely. From the conversations about how long the various visitors were in Auckland, I'd think that I am the only one likely to take up the offer any time soon. But it won't be tomorrow! On ...

... ... Tegen mijn gewoonte in ga ik me dus de komende tijd in moeten smeren. Het CBD (ik gok: Commercial Business District) van Auckland was m'n basis de afgelopen dagen. Nou is dat CBD ook meteen hartje stad, dus dat levert een interessante combi op. Queen ...

... , Munich, Frankfurt, Delhi, Mumbai, Kochin, Changi, Kota Kinabalu, Sandakan, Ho Chi Minh, Hue, Hanoi, Bangkok, Hong Kong, Narita, Auckland) Number of flights 18 Number of different modes of transport 21 - (car, plane, train, minibus, bus, jeep, open top ...

... faced the glass front ways resting on our stomachs... how cool... we've come so far.... we stop for a few drinks over looking Auckland at night and then head to the casino.... again Elvina has lucky blood... and wins not only on the fruit machines but.... ...

... on the bus and we try to sleep for most of it... its easier said then done but we do eventually after 12 hours arrive back into Auckland where this leg started almost 3 weeks ago..... We make our way to our hotel which is a 5 minute walk and its lovely.. ...

... Bad news though, the toilets flush the same way and the maps are the same way up! Other than that this place isn't too shabby. Auckland was a pretty standard city, we only had one day and we spent most of it shopping for warm gear, Dave has an all blacks ...

A sad day today as Elvina flies home later this afternoon... we take our time getting ready and I watch Elvina pack.... should I give her back her passport???  Our time in New Zealand comes to an end and Elvina has 36 hours travel ahead of her ...