The Westin Auckland

... to wake up 3 times during the first night. B was up at 5:30AM in search of coffee while powerwalking with stroller through Auckland. Jason continued to sleep, and sleep after a morning dose of Melatonin. As if B didn't make it clear how unhappy she was ...

... could change into all new dry clothes we finally ate dinner and went to sleep.  We then woke up at 7am to go BACK to the airport and head down to Queenstown. It was a quick stay in Auckland but well worth it because of the fabulous fountain ...

I've arrived in Auckland - It's not the most impressive city, without much art or culture to offer up. Mostly a launching point for backpackers to get sorted before heading out to experience the real ...

We cleared customs in record time.  You got to love the wheelchair preference and then zoomed into Auckland as there was no traffic.  It was also dark.  The hotel was deserted as well.  We had booked our room for the day before and ...

... wearing robes onto the elevator and through the halls. (this doesn't happen in san francisco...or new york...but again, this is auckland) We set out immediately to book seats on the America's Cup Boat docked nearby and then headed over to Kermadec for an ...

... in Fiji.   This is extra special 'cause Mum & Dad are with us - didn't want to say good-bye at the Auckland airport, so thought we should all just chill out and spend some quality time together - only a couple of days, but it does not ...

SYDNEY 1/19/06 We left the rain in Auckland to arrive to the overcast skies and rain of Sydney. Like most travel days we didn?t do much sightseeing today, but rather got organized at the Sydney Westin for a four-night stay and tested out the hotel ...

... bought almost nothing (you know we couldn't leave a mall empty handed :)) got a pedicure and then caught our flight to Auckland, NZ. L.A. is interesting... From the little I saw it is heavily into consumerism and looking good. No famous people sitings, ...

Bula! We arrived at sunset in Fiji after a flawless three hour flight from Auckland.  As soon as we got off the plane, we knew we had arrived.  The humidity hit like a brick wall, and we were surrounded by lush tropical vegetation, and green ...

On this day we departed from Melbourne on what was to be a huge adventure for us. We flew via Auckland to San Francisco before boarding the Dawn Princess for Alaska. It was a long flight and when we arrived our first cigarette nearly made us ...

... all the clothes in my backpack on.  it was still cold.  Our last stop on our whirlwind north island tour was Auckland.  We wandered round the city to see what it was like. We went and watched some people skyjump off the auckland ...

... .  Needless to say, we'll update at some point.  ;) So far, we've: Spent a couple of days in Auckland, North Island New Zealand.  Went to the zoo, awesome!  Had dinner at the top of the City, and enjoyed the Heavenly ...

... in the city you will stay in for a month. That’s without saying that I took three flights that day: Fiji / Auckland (New-Zealand), Auckland / Wellington and finally Wellington/Dunedin. I got to tell you that during my second flight, I met a man and ...

... you get into this entry, you may want to go back and read the end of the last one. I tacked on our last day in Auckland so that we would have a manageable number of entries in this thing....from now on you'll only get an e-mail notification every time I ...

... feel like we were in a hurry ;) We were given terrific seats on our long overnight flight through (this time connecting through Auckland), which almost made up for our baggage being missing for the next 72 hours.  We arrived in Western Samoa (in ...

... in Sydney to Apia to board the Dawn Princess ship, which was stopping in Apia on Tuesday and then heading six days to Auckland, New Zealand. Quite interesting. We arrived at APW at 11:47 p.m. Monday, the day before we departed Nadi (seven minutes late). ...

... did you last spend an hour in the sea in waters warm and luxurious? We leave Hawaii today, the 1st Sept. at 23.15 and arrive in Auckland, New Zealand at 06.15 on the 3rd Sept. We lose a complete day even though we will only have been in the air for +-12 ...