Skycity Auckland

... weken rondrijden door de natuur, door dunbevolkte regio en nauwe straten nu terecht te komen op autosnelwegen en een drukke stad. Auckland is de grootste stad van Nieuw Zeeland met zo'n miljoen inwoners. Vanmiddag zijn we hier toegekomen en hebben we wat ...

... New Year festivities were over and Auckland was awash with Manchester rainy-misty weather. We checked into the Skycity Grand Hotel and ventured into the thrust of Auckland central nightlife. Unable to find a nightclub where the average age was over 20 we ...

... unsure, so we asked a store owner the clear direction. After a 2 minute walk, we already saw the back of Auckland museum. Unfortunately, the excitement became a disappointment when my stupid digicam is already on lowbat. After taking a few pics there, ...

... but then we went to the gym! Good mini-session, then a swim and a spa. Shame the swimming pool is not outdoors but Auckland rain probably precludes that. Went over to the Skyjump and I went, despite the $175 pricetag. Great fun jumping from so high ...

... check emails. We headed over to Sky City to arrange a Spa afternoon for Tuesday and then walked the 4 blocks down to the Auckland Harbour.  Headed up Queen Street, which is an eclectic mix of high-end designer stores and souvenir shops. Like London, ...

We are only stopping over in Auckland for the night because we wanted to skip the plane that takes us to the Cook Islands at 2am. We spent the night at the Centra at the Airport and arranged to meet up with Donna's Uncle Simon and her brother in the ...

... , our driver for the day.  The weather was not that promising but he did us proud.  If it was worth seeing in Auckland then we definitely saw it!  From the museums, parks and beaches  to the native rain forests, to Pahia and the ...

... diary products to drugs) I got the shuttle bus into the city which took about an hour in Auckland's rush hour and dropped me off at the SKYCITY Grand hotel. The hotel is part of a large entertainment complex built by Harrah's Entertainment (an ...

Vandaag de laatste bustrip van deze reis; 4 uurtjes van Rotorua naar Auckland. Tijdens deze trip blijkt de chauffeursstoel ook de praatstoel te zijn. Van de 4 uur praat hij minimaal 3 uur en constant herhaalt hij alles. Eenmaal aangekomen in Skycity pak ...

Back to Auckland for the New Years Bash. Great place to party. Skycity was like mini Times Square where everyone came to watch the fire works from top of the Skycity ...

... through our mega leaflets we set off for a trek to get accustomed and ready for the tasks of tommorrow! Dropped into the SkyCity tower, its not quite like Seattles needle point thing but along the same lines. Inside there was a restaurant where we ended ...

... transfers and one night either side of the island trip on the mainland thrown in for free! We went on to visit the Auckland icon SkyCity Casino standing at 328m high. We went inside and travelled up the esculators to the large casino. We can only imagine ...

... hours awake we were so looking forward to getting some sleep! Day 6 Today we have spent the day exploring the wonderful city of Auckland! After hitting the snooze button on the alarm for two hours we finally headed out at about 10am. We decided to walk to ...

... . The next few days were fun as well but nothing so much to write about. It was nice seeing some of my friends again. Auckland gets a bad rap around NZ but I love it there. Now I'm back in Queenstown and still unemployed. On the good side my sister ...