Devonport
My host Harvey gave me a number of insider tips for my stroll around Devonport. I took the ferry in the morning, crossing the harbor in less than 15 minutes, and arrived on the opposite site, in Devonport, a small suburb of Auckland, located on the North shore of the harbor, at the southern end of a peninsula. […] Read More
Waitemata sunset
Still feeling a bit beat up by my cold, I did a stroll on Monday evening down to the harbor to some of the small beaches that are located along Waitemata Harbor, Home Bay and Herne Bay reserves. I saw so many people jogging. that seems to be the thing to keep Kiwis fit… Two guys came […] Read More
NZ Road Trip
I have been busy planning my road thrip through New Zealand in the past weeks, and I think I am pretty close to sorting it all out. It’s prime travel time in NZ, the backpackers are everywhere and the hotels and hostels are pretty full, that’s why it took some time to plan it… It’s […] Read More
City of Sails
I did a little walk on Monday, despite feeling a bit under the weather, down to the waterfront and around the Marina. Auckland calls itself the City of Sails, and it’s entirely justified. Built onto the water, the harbor and marina take up an important part of the coastline. As often though, and unfortunately, the […] Read More
Getting started again
As usually, moving to a new city is pretty busy on the first days. After the fun Pride of the weekend, I spend Sunday and Monday getting my bearings and setting up camp. I went to Vodafone again – their service in Australia was great – and it looks like the Kiwi version is just […] Read More
Auckland Pride Festival
Timing couldn’t be better on this one, I arrived at 7.10 in Ponsonby, by 7.45 I was on the street and taking photos of the Pride march that had just started. It wasn’t a huge march, rather like the one in Melbourne, not many floats, but many marchers and political associations, and had a friendly, […] Read More
Kia ora, Tāmaki Makaurau
Kia ora, Tāmaki Makaurau. Or, loosely translated: G’day, Auckland! I arrived after what felt like quiet a fast flight over the Tasman Sea, watching Gravity again and sorting my pictures on the laptop. I hadn’t pre-booked a taxi (should have) and wasn’t keen on waiting for the bus to drop me in the city center […] Read More
Heading east
It’s time to say good bye, Australia! It’s been fantabulous! I’m flying to New Zealand today. For more adventures! Here are the flight statistics: Flight 16 to Auckland Date: 22/02/2014 Code: ANZ124 from MEL to AKL Airline: Air New Zealand Plane: Boeing 777-300ER Distance flown: 1820 Miles Duration: 2h55 Read More
Aotearoa
Aotearoa – the Māori name for New Zealand, translated: “The land of the long white cloud”. I’m starting to plan the trip around the islands, after my three weeks in Auckland. Here’s my itinerary for the North Island, or Te Ika-a-Māui (“the fish of Maui”). I booked cheap stays in between. Seems there are some hot springs […] Read More
Ponsonby
I feel like all I am doing is booking an checking out itineraries lately. I had to plan the rest of Australia, Tasmania, Sydney, check hotels and airbnb, flight, best prices… (don’t book on expedia.com.au but on expedia.com – it’s 20% cheaper if you go via the US site – same flights….) I urgently needed […] Read More