First night in Auckland

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4 April 2007

Our flight to Auckland from Sydney was fantastic. Chief and I arrived in our new home at 11:30pm and there we immediately saw Pinky eagerly waiting for us. The shuttle fare from Auckland Airport to our place in Auckland Central cost us $16 each ($32 in total. No discount for Chief was given even though he is a minor). This is far less expensive than the expected taxi fare of $50 to $70 for the same route.

The apartment is beautiful and has amazing views of the wharf and the harbour bridge. The views can be seen from the lounge room, the balcony and in one of the rooms. Pinky and I told ourselves that our lifestyle has changed a little bit for we are not used to city living and the "lifestyle of the rich and famous". I guess we all have to experience something different in the way we live our lives one way or the other and this is our time (just for a shortwhile though). We indeed had to pray and thank the Lord God for such a wonderful opportunity and blessing of experiencing living in New Zealand. Our area is very similar to Darling Harbour and Circular Quay in Sydney. There is night life of course since there are plenty of restaurants and pubs encircling our apartment block.

As we arrived very late at night, we all decided to get a nap by 1:00 am the next day.

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Photos

The Viaduct Area
This was taken from afar by Pinky during her ferry ride back to Auckland Central from Devonport.

a stroll at the wharf
This is a typical view one could see while at the wharf.

Comments

[Glen]

Incorrect Link
Hi Ronald and Pinky, hope you are enjoying the life of the rich and famous. I tried calling you via Skype yesterday but had some problems getting it working, by the time I got it sorted out you had logged off. The link you emailed Eleanor was to your travelblog admin site, only you can access this. If you go to the admin site you can add in email addresses so friends will get an email notification when you add an update. Cheers Glen

[ron paras]

Mail from Tita Agnes
Thanks Tita Agnes for your e-mail below. Congratulations on your new home - New Zealand!!! What brought you to > NZ? Do you know that you have cousins there - Tita Marilou > LardizabalTito Jimmy and Tita Inday) and her family have been there in > New Zealand. Idon't know exactly where they are in NZ. Hope you get > together sometime. Regards to Pinky and Chief. Glad that Ayen sent the > other link which enabled us to view your site. Keep us updated. Copy > Tita Charo too next time : [e-mail] >