Blogs from Waiheke Island, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania - page 3

Great City!!!!!!!!! Long ass plane ride from L.A.!!!! Great festival Asian food/culture a block from my hotel..... Great food!!!! The city has a lot of hills was not used to that @ all but it'll come........ Was in the concert Jungle for 12 days.... Then hit the Waiheke Island UNREAL!!!!!!!!! The weather was a little over cast not much for wildlife saw a few birds....... The views where unreal!!!!!!!!!!! Great time..................... read more

Finally the big day had arrived. After a spot of something to eat down at the bach, I got back home to get ready for the wedding. After about an hour under the air con I was about ready to hit to the road with the others via a private bus to Chardy Ridge. This was to be the location of the wedding of ceremony between our friends Helen and James. It was an absoultely brilliant sunshining day (if that is a word ?), and from the vantage point overlooking the whole island, the Sky Tower in Auckland could clearly be seen. The wedding ceremony was held on top of this clif with this stunning view in the background. Helen and James exchanged their wedding vows and gave each other rings and they were married. It ... read more

Day two on Waiheke Island. Pretty much the same deal to the start of the day as the last couple. I got up a little bit later this time, around 8am and headed to the beach for a morning swim, this seems to be coming a bit of a ritual on the Island for me. But it is great at that time of the morning, no one is about and the beach and the sea are all mine, as you should be able to see by the first picture on this post. It was our friends Kev and Gavin's birthday today so the majority all went up to Stoneyridge vineyard for a spot of lunch. Again the food was superb, Emma and me shared a plate of food which had oysters, paté, olives (starting to like ... read more

Once again we had a lovely day over on Waiheke Island with Carrie, Trevor, Pam and Tony. We walked around the Sculpture Walk before lunch. It was incredibly hot in fact so hot it was quite distressing. I walked around like a Chinese lady with my umbrella up as it was too hot to have a hat on. As usual Carrie put on a wonderful lunch and we ate it on the deck looking out over Oneroa Beach. Sue and Kevin Nicol called in to say hello. They were looking at accommodation for October as they have a wedding to go to. Accommodation will be tight in October as the Rugby World Cup will be on in New Zealand.... read more

NZ SEGUNDA VUELTA!! Dps de muchas horas de vuelo, llegamos a NZ, estábamos un poco nerviosas porque queríamos extender la visa y no sabíamos si lo íbamos a lograr, pero como no podía ser de otra forma kiwilandia nos acepto tres meses mas!! Nos fuimos la primera semana a Wellington, para hacer el trámite. Paramos en la casa de Felipe, en donde habían vivido Pachi y Nati. Allí nos dedicamos a pasear, encontrarnos con amigos y buscar trabajo. Nuestro destino estaba entre Queenstown, una ciudad de la isla sur, estilo Bariloche, o Waiheke, una isla que queda cerca de Auckland, decidimos que para pasar el verano la mejor opción era playa!!!! Llegamos Waiheke y desde el principio nos pareció el paraíso, el paisaje no paro de sorprendernos, para donde mirábamos veíamos el mar, verde, caminábamos por ... read more