Blogs from Central, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania - page 2

07 février 2017 : Andrew nous dépose à l'aéroport de Sydney pour nous rendre en Nouvelle-Zélande. Nous décollons à bord d'un A380 d'Emirates à 13H05 au lieu des 10H40 prévues à cause de la météo (pluie et brouillard). Nous arrivons enfin à Auckland. Le temps de passer la douane et de récupérer nos bagages il est déjà 17H35. Nous allons prendre la voiture de location que nous avions réservée. Le GPS dont nous avons besoin est en supplément (200 § NZ). Le compteur indique 58 200 kms. Du coup avec tous les retards accumulés, nous arrivons à l'hôtel sans air-conditionné à 20H00, l'agence de location de la voiture, tout près de l'aéroport, est à 16 kms de l'hôtel, en centre-ville d"Auckland. Nous trouvons heureusement un très bon restaurant. Levés depuis 5 heures ce matin, nous commençons ... read more

This was what you could call a real long day and that following a long yesterday as well. The layover day in Los Angeles turned out to be very nice, but with one caviat, we had to leave the hotel at 6.00 PM, whereas our flight was at 11.10 PM. We spent abour 5 hours sitting a lounch at the airport. Although confortable, 5 hours are 5 hours. Leaving on Wednesday at 11.10 turned out well nevertheless; we fell asleep shortly after boarding and we slept about 6 hours, which with a flight of 13 hours is nice, but not great. Watching movies and drifting into sleep every once in a while, we arrived on Friday at 8.00 AM. Thursday never existed! Kind of strange. We were picked up at the airport and taken to our ... read more

Flying into Auckland I was full of excitement and also a little anxiety. The New Zealand outdoors are legendary and I could not wait to travel them to see it for myself. Problem was I didn't really have a plan on how to get around. I quickly ruled out taking a "backpacker" hop on hop off bus tour as I wanted to travel at my own pace and see some of the lesser known places and less traveled roads on the North and South Islands of New Zealand. My other two options were buy or rent a car. I found a few good deals for purchasing a car for around $NZ1,100 which upon departure I could resell to get some of my money back, but I worried about a possible lemon and the problems that could ... read more

Največjemu novozelandskemu mestu sva namenila vso soboto, kar se je izkazalo za dobro odločitev, saj je bilo zaradi velikonočnih praznikov na cesti in v mestu kar nekaj gneče. Najin prvi cilj je bil aucklandski živalski vrt, kjer sva si lahko ogledala mnoge živalske vrste, ki so v evropskih živalskih vrtovih redkeje na ogled, med njimi avstralskega emuja, novozelandskega kivija in papigo keo. Drugi cilj dneva je bil znameniti stolp Sky Tower. Z njega sva v Mašini družbi (kako je svet majhen! ;)) opazovala Auckland. S stolpa je mogoče tudi skočiti ali se sprehoditi po njegovem robu. Jutri bova obiskala aucklandski akvarij in plažo piha zahodno od mesta.... read more

Yesterday (3rd February) we decided to act like the true tourists we are and explore Aucklands town centre and the viaduct by foot. We browsed through some shops on Queen Street (the main high street) before heading towards the Sky Tower, Aucklands most renowned landmark. It is the Southern Hemispheres tallest structure at 328m and can be seen practically wherever you are in the city. After a short lift journey to the viewing platform at the top we were greated with stunning 360 views. It was a beautiful, clear day and we could see the entire city, the surrounding suburbs and as far as Rangitoto and Waihiki island in the distance. The views were amazing and it was great to be able to see the entire city from such a height. After this we carried on ... read more