A smooth, albeit lengthy, flight from Hong Kong has now taken us to the lovely city of Auckland. It lacks the bustle and variety of Hong Kong but has a beautiful setting of numerous bays and 43ish volcanoes that sprout up all around the place.
Unlike in Hong Kong, we are not staying in a tiny hostel. Laura's school and uni friend Amy and her partner John have very generously allowed us to kip at their new pad for a few nights. This has been perfect to allow us to discover Auckland at a nice pace before we head off to Paihia and the Bay of Islands for a night on the Rock boat. Laura especially is looking forward to seeing dolphins that often frequent the boat!
In Auckland we have been up the sky tower to take in some panoramas of the city. Thankfully the weather has been lovely so the views were great. Asides from that we have walked along Mission Bay, been to Kelly Tarltons' (King and Gentoo penguins being the best part of this oceanarium) and visited some local craft markets. Tomorrow we may head to Rangitoto volcano for a small trek.
Toodleooo for now and rest assured that we are all in fine form!
Niall, Laura and ruff
Unlike in Hong Kong, we are not staying in a tiny hostel. Laura's school and uni friend Amy and her partner John have very generously allowed us to kip at their new pad for a few nights. This has been perfect to allow us to discover Auckland at a nice pace before we head off to Paihia and the Bay of Islands for a night on the Rock boat. Laura especially is looking forward to seeing dolphins that often frequent the boat!
In Auckland we have been up the sky tower to take in some panoramas of the city. Thankfully the weather has been lovely so the views were great. Asides from that we have walked along Mission Bay, been to Kelly Tarltons' (King and Gentoo penguins being the best part of this oceanarium) and visited some local craft markets. Tomorrow we may head to Rangitoto volcano for a small trek.
Toodleooo for now and rest assured that we are all in fine form!
Niall, Laura and ruff
2 comments:
Hiya both,
Great to hear you are settling in in NZ. Spoke to Johny Sutherland yesterday and said you had been in touch. We had a boys lunch and the head is splitting today!
Keep in touch
Penguins! Penguins are awesome. New Zealand sounds a bit more chilled out than Hong Kong, I hope they do good tea down there though. Speak to you soon.
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