Rydges Hotel Auckland

... on the way in.  Transfer to hotel was easy (although at one point I thought the bus would be blown over).  The Rydges Hotel is a little corporate but with nice spacious rooms but alas no Wi-Fi.  I went to sleep to the sound of pounding ...

... over 1600. (I am typing this at Brisbane Airport and don't have any travel details with me).     We stayed at the Rydges Hotel on the 12th floor, so had a good view over the harbour.    It was lovely to have crisp white ...

... we separated.  Nikki was staying with Gail and her family for the night and Haydn, Celise and Myself were heading into Auckland city to stay at Rydges for the night. We arrived at Rydges and checked into our room.  We were only a block away ...

... 2hrs and then headed back to the shop.  We dumped the boards and hit the road once more, headed to our final NZ destination, Auckland. We met up with a girl we'd met in Fiji for a couple of drinks and then stayed out of town at a motor park; our ...

Arrived in Auckland late and took the bus to the hotel. The bus wasn't bad. Lots of backpackers and other travellers en route to the next part of the journeys as well. Stayed at the Rydges, a block away from Sky Tower. Nice place, close to ...

... journey (so hats off to John for driving us what felt like halfway across the country!) Arrived in Auckland at about 5-ish and checked into our hotel after saying our farewells to John and Evelyn. Very nice recently refurbished room with a cool flat ...

... en soejlegang haevede oplevelsen. Men det var en fint sted for boern med mange gode aktiviteter. Nytaarsaftensdag var vi paa Auckland Museum for at blive klogere paa maourierne. De har en keampeflot udstilling, der fortaeller deres historie og desuden ...

... there is a branch of the Hadwin family which came out to New Zealand before the First World War.  When I arrived in Auckland, the Hotel had been collating messages for me from “Fred”.  I called when I got into the room the previous ...

... the different stores. Good to know Hugo Boss is still expensive everywhere. Then cutting across Khyber Pass road we arrived at Auckland Domain. This was another beautiful park. We just relaxed on the lawn in the shade for quite a while watching people ...

Flew from Sydney to Auckland. The really nice thing about Auckland is that is a large city but you are just a ferry ride away from amazing countryside.  Waiheke Bay (40 minute ferry ride) is beautiful and filled with picturesque wineries. Also ...

... running up from some of the main streets and we found a great place for lunch on Vulcan Lane - the Queen's Ferry Hotel (oldest pub in Auckland) - Guy had local Fish and Chips and I feasted on a NZ Lamb Shank washed down with some local ...

... NZ but excited to arrive in another country that we have never been to before. We were glad to get out of the crappy Rydges hotel room quickly this morning and filled up with petrol before heading to Queenstown airport to lose the hire car and jump on a ...

... by someone paying a low yield, it's hard to make a profit. It's a shame, but it's all price-driven." Four-star Rydges Hotel national sales manager Glenn Phipps says despite the growth in visitors from China he has not had any rate growth in four or ...

... the Pirates of the Caribbean. We arrived in Auckland around 3:30 PM and were definitely happy to see that the accomodations were upgraded from Rotorua. Auckland is a wonderful Metropolitan city with lots to explore. This is how we are spending our ...

... to experience New Zealand and to support the local economy, and not to spread McImperialism.   We ended up going to Sky City.  The Auckland tall tower has a casino called Sky City in the base of it.  As the casino is all night, of course the food is ...

... . Dan ben je er eindelijk, is het mooi weer en maandagmorgen. Bijna niet geslapen en nog een uurtje rijden naar het centrum van Auckland. Links rijden en dus rechts sturen gaat beter dan je denkt. Waarschijnlijk te moe om er moeilijk over te ...

We had breakfast in the hotel this morning - nice buffet, but we had a couple of near-death experiences not moving fast enough for an elderly Chinese lady - and her son was not pleased that he could not have our table! After breakfast, we headed to the ...

... causing huge drama, lots of unnecessary stress and a pile of extra money. But moving on….so we are now all in Auckland. We’re over at Rydges in the city and the Gouwsies are staying at a hotel close to the airport. We are meeting up at noon at ...