Auckland, New Zealand

Leaving Day
September 11, 2008 - Auckland, New Zealand
Well we are just about to leave the Hotel so this will be my last message to everyone, we have managed to cram everything into our bags, we just have the afternoon to fill in and then we head to the airport at 5.40pm on the bus.We had an awesome last day at Disneyland, got everything in that we wanted to do as well as watching the parade...
Placed by Anne-maree in America Dream

A new country to explore
July 13, 2008 - Auckland, New Zealand
I am in New Zealand a.k.a. Kiwiland a.k.a. Middle Earth, where confusing the inhabitants with Aussies might get you killed and where rugby truly is a religion. I always thought the latter was an exaggeration, until I actually came down here. These people live and breathe rugby. Yesterdays game against South Africa was proof of that. The entire...
Placed by Eric in Eric in Oz

Kia ora New Zealand!
May 30, 2008 - Auckland, New Zealand
The NZ tour is over and we depart for Australia. Whatever your beliefs about how the world came to being; divine creation, big bang theory, alien experiments, one thing is for certain; New Zealand got more that it's fair share of natural beauty and wonder. To really rub it in, there is only a meager 4 million souls who inhabit the pristine...
Placed by Barrie in 148 Days Around the World

In the footsteps of Captain Cook (kind of)
May 4, 2008 - Auckland, New Zealand
"I had ambition not only to go farther than any man had ever been before, but as far as it was possible for a man to go." Captain James Cook OK, so my long arduous flight from Narita to Australia, uncomfortable bench kipping in Sydney Airport (G'day!!) and onward trip to New Zealand squeezed into a seat next to a real life giant (he should have...
Placed by Barrie in 148 Days Around the World

Auckland
May 7, 2008 - Auckland, New Zealand
The flight over was thirteen hours butthe in flight games, namely Who wants to be a millionaire?' kept usentertained! Thankfully our mate Graeme (who emigrated there 5 or soyears ago) picked us up at 4am from the airport and we headed overto where he and his parents live for breakfast; cereal with milk!! Ohhow I have missed decent breakfasts!...
Placed by Andrew in Andrew's Travels in 2008