Ponsonby Auckland

... distance made it hit home that I've finished in NZ pretty much!  To see a different side of Auckland I decided to stay in a district called Ponsonby, after the Italian couple Angela and Carlo recommended it and a thai restaurant on the same road. ...

... Il est aisé de compter les sept volcans éteints qui ponctuent la ville et ses baies de collines vertes.   Auckland nous fait penser à San Francisco avec ses maisons en bois et ses rues en pentes ardues. L'endroit respire une sorte ...

... dont on ne sait bien si c'est un petit déjeuner ou un dîner, nous allons bravement nous promener dans les rues d'Auckland. A pied, c'est plus prudent. Hélas nous oublions de prendre l'appareil photo. Nous cheminons vers la fin de la journée comme ...

... Mark's bodyboard didn’t make it and had to be sent separately later.  We spent our first day at Ponsonby backpackers in Auckland organising ourselves, adjusting to the freezing cold weather and buying thermal woolly hats and ...

... park and then treated myself to fish and chips, on the seafront. The return bus was running late, so I didn't get back into Auckland until nearly 21.00hrs. I returned to the hostel had a cup of tea before packing my bag and heading to bed for my last ...

... and Demons, which transferred to the big screen much better than Dan Brown's other film, The Da Vinci Code.   Day Three - Auckland I went in the opposite direction today to explore other parts of Auckland.  I caught a lift with a couple of ...

... (7pm) and sleeping right through to 7am. Felt much better for it. 19/01/2009 Spend the day pootling around Auckland. Head to Ponsonby for breakfast then walk over to Parnell and back through the Domain which holds the Auckland Museum(which I dont go ...

... from the driver for $1.60.  The neighborhood was up on a hill and had a gorgeous view of Auckland and the sky tower.  Ate at Ponsonby Social Club - which I gather becomes a live music venue after dark.  I sat outside and had marinated ...

... Day.  It was very romantic.  Me, myself and I.  :)   I stayed in a small hostel in the posh Ponsonby area (similar to Kits) and enjoyed a nice stroll through the neighborhood in the 28 degree weather.  Sure beats the rain in ...

... over coffee while waiting for the joints to loosen up (me, not John) before heading off to wander through Ponsonby and the harbour areas. We definitely thought Auckland was quite fine showing why it, too, made the Top 10 list for 2011. btw – the ...

Whilst hanging inconspicuously around Base backpackers Aukland at dusk, we saw a man searching for volunteers. Enquiring as to what he wanted, we secured accomodation at the hostel for the following night, in exchange for our services in handing out ...

... a bit of the country, as the scenery is one of the things for which the nation is famous.  Furthermore, the people of Auckland (or JAFAs - Just Another Aucklander - as they are known to people from the rest of the country, much to their chagrin) are ...

... off the main street. The boutique street, High Street, offered gorgeous salad bars and our old pal, Wagamama. Gorgeous weather in Auckland...blue skies every day and plenty of sunshine although the ozone layer is thinner here and it's easy to get ...

... worms, which are small creatures with a light in their rear that live on the ceilings of caves.  I took the scenic view on to Auckland, and met up with Gemma in the evening, a friend from my university days in Plymouth, as she now lives in ...

I write from the harbor side in Auckland from where I last visited 4.5 years ago. It doesn't seem as though this city has changed all that much in the time in between, but really I'm not sure there was that much room for improvement anyway!   ...