Ventura Inn Auckland

... er nog niet helemaal uit wat ik van het Noordereiland moet denken.  Langs de ene kant heb ik de indruk dat de voorsteden van Auckland helemaal tot aan Wellington reiken.  Je rolt van de ene wijk in de andere.  En toch kom je toch ook open ...

... is a next time) we visit New Zealand we would simply hop from city to city via aircraft – our tickets from Christchurch to Auckland cost us $69 each including taxes and fees.  So the distance that we traveled over 17 days by car took about 60 ...

... although I think we were all so shattered we would have slept anywhere....) we were woken with breakfast and then arrived at Auckland International Airport at about 11.30am. Customs and Immigration was interesting - lots of sniffer dogs all over the hall, ...

That's it folks! We are spending a night at a hotel near to Auckland Airport ready for our flight to Hong Kong where we will spend another night at an airport hotel before catching another 11-hour flight back to London.  Yes, it takes longer doing ...

... at the terminal to take us to the depot and soon we were on our way in a rented Toyota Corolla through a wet Auckland evening to the Jet Inn Motel a five-minute drive from the airport. The Jet Inn was a really nice $100 a night motel disguised as a ...

We arrived into Auckland just after 8:30pm to a few hours sleep at the Ventura Inn. Even I couldn't manage the chocolate muffin at 4am! We had an early check-in at the Auckland International terminal for our 7am flight to Bali (via Brisbane).  We ...

... industrialised. This time we tried to get closer to the city centre on the river. The first hotel to catch our attention was the Ventura Inn and Motor Lodge. I have to say this was the best value of the hotels (leaving aside all the special deals I got ...

Phew! We've made it! We're back in New Zealand and THIS time all our luggage arrived with us! Woohoo! This time, on the flight over, we learned that SAS has a rather crap in-flight entertainment system. The selection of movies and TV-shows isn't too bad, ...

Kathy had the hotel heatpump on 26 so a bit of a warm night. Off to Wgtn on the 11.30pm. Wgtn weather not too bad considering. Off to get the pets SAVING FOR NEXT HOLIDAY   ...

We woke up late. but that's ok coz we had a good night's rest. Missed breakfast, but Vincent managed to grab some toast. A Jucy mixup We had to grab a cab to the Jucy rentals place. But to our despair it was in the city, not at the airport. They ...

... , gave us advise on what to do in New Zealand. All in all an enjoyable ride to new zealand. Even the lady beside me commented how well behaved Jaykin was. Upon arrival, we just checked in at Ventura inn just near airport to sleep for the ...

... with the disappointment of just how spectacular it would have looked in the right weather. A bus journey back to Auckland was made only slightly more bearable by Ace Ventura 2 : When Nature Calls (you really have to like Jim Carrey a lot to enjoy it....) ...

After yesterday's mammoth tramp round Auckland's many hills today we picked up our car. It's a small pink (!) Honda which we'be christened Ditzy Pinklet. We've also broken our Satnav virginity and so far I am impressed. Certainly beats arguing. ...

... off for Hobbiton! With our distrusted Navman at the helm we set out enduring further twisty turnyness as we headed out of Auckland and were finally directed to the Southern Motorway. After a refuel, caffeine for the adults, Dora Juice for Aury and liquid ...

... am going to make this short, and update you all on the rest of the trip after i drop off the bike and make it to Auckland. i want to thank everyone for the messages and the for keeping my going on posting messages on this Blog!  it has been fun and ...