Tuesday, April 15, 2008

What The Travel Blogs Say

Extracts from travel blogs over the last few days Auckland Farmers Markets By Tracey Ambrose Victoria Park Markets: 210 Victoria Street West, Auckland City. La Cigale French Market: St Georges Bay Road, Parnell. Alfriston Country Market: Cnr Mill Road and Alfriston Road, Clevedon (1st Saturday of the month 9am-12pm) ...

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Arrival in he capital - Auckland, New Zealand

In the evening, Armin did a good carbonara and after a little chat about our year in Montreal and few pictures of my trip, we had some rest in order to be fresh to visit Auckland in the morning before my plane for Tahiti.

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Auckland Kuala Lumpur So my last day in Auckland was pretty intense. I went on the canyoning trip that I wrote about the last time up in the mountains about 40 mins outside of Auckland. We started by putting on wetsuits helmets and repelling harnesses then ...

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Quirky Auckland - Auckland, New Zealand

Finally we have made our way into Auckland... it was really pretty easy to find the place where we are staying at right now. We just drove on in... with out a map anything... thank god for my photographic memory! :-)

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Welcome to NZ! - Auckland, New Zealand

We flew into Auckland, the largest city in New Zealand, and on the North Island. Our early flights meant we had to stay at the airport for five hours, waiting for the hostel doors to open at 8.30am! They offered an airport pick-up but ...

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Auckland journal: Time to Say Good Bye

By Tyler&Mairead (RealTravel members)

We leave new Zealand in 2 days, and are just relaxing in Auckland until then. I think we'll hit the town tonight to celebrate. By hit the town I mean a burrito in a food court and possibly one margarita EACH if we're lucky : ) ...

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Auckland journal: Week 1!

By Pru&Ian(RealTravel members) a entry by Pru&Ian from a trip to Auckland, New Zealand. We arrived on the Thursday, and spent the first couple of days eating, and finding our bearings! We also had a van to buy! On the Friday we visited a local backpackers car market ...

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Glaciers And Beaches - Auckland, New Zealand

Back in Auckland we got there just in time to catch happy hour at our hostel and then get on the hostel tour bus to go to the rugby. Auckland Blues were playing at home to the Brumbies from Canberra and I was interested to see ...

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But it' s not that of an interesting place to do a lot

The beaches and islands around Auckland would be awesome, if the sun would shine! Our last days in NZ are spent with typical Kiwi weather. :-( ...

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Friday, April 11, 2008

What The Travel Blogs Say

Extracts from travel blogs over the last few days

From one New to another. - Auckland, New Zealand

Auckland, New Zealand Friday was our last full day in New York. So, on our last day it did what England usually does best... it rained. Glad that we had already seen the big outdoor attractions of the Statue of Liberty, the Empire State ...

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Start in Auckland for Your North Island Tour

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New Zealand's biggest, busiest international airport is in Auckland and most visitors use it as their gateway to the sights and sounds of New Zealand. ...

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Arrival at the last stop - Auckland, New Zealand I've just arrived back in Auckland after a flight of just over an hour this afternoon from Christchurch. In fact it actually took longer to get from the airport into the city here than it did to fly up from Christchurch. ...

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And again.... - Auckland, New Zealand After seeing many of the more touristy sites ( Kelly Tarlton's Antartic Encounter and Underwater World, Bastion Point Lookout, Holy Trinity Cathedral, the Domain and Museum, Eden Gardens, Westfield Shopping Centre, the Auckland Zoo, ...

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A day in the City of Auckland This morning we went on the city town bus and did a brief tour of Auckland. Following that we went over to the Sky Tower to watch some people free-fall from the top. We were going to go up the tower but it was 50 for the two of us We ...

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Auckland: The City of Sails - Auckland, New Zealand Now on my first and last day in Auckland before I fly down to Queenstown I explored the city and immediate found the Sky Tower, the highest Tower in the southern Hemisphere, how long I hear you ask, well about 2 minutes seen as it is ...

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Back so soon?! - Auckland, New Zealand Well, I'm now in Auckland on a quick stopover and I thought I should take advantage of what the city has to offer me (namely cheap internet and fast connections) while I can. I only came into the city to pick up a friend ...

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Auckland - Auckland, New Zealand I arrived in Auckland this morning. Internet and phone service is much more accesible and affordable here so you will start to here from me more. I'm staying in a large hostel in Auckland and tomorrow I will join up with Kiwi Experience ...

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We now enter the land of the Kiwis - Auckland, New Zealand So we landed in Auckland International at about 6 in the morning on the 19th of Feb, weird as we left Santiago on the 17th. A 13 hour flight is not the most fun I've ever had but it wasn't all bad as i got sat next to a guy from Scotland ...

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Last bit of sightseeing - Auckland, New Zealand I've still been quite busy in the last few days doing a last bit of sightseeing round Auckland and meeting up with a couple of old faces. On Wednesday I met up for lunch with Jenny Williams who I hadn't seen since school, ...

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Tuesday, April 08, 2008

Air New Zealand to launch flight between Beijing, Auckland

Xinhua - China BEIJING, April 7 (Xinhua) -- Air New Zealand will launch a direct flight from Beijing to Auckland on July 18, its second direct flight linking the two ...

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Cheap Flights to Auckland

Listed here are Cheap Air Flights to Auckland from All Airports in the UK, which have been found on the leading UK travel sites. 1 Vote(s)

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Thursday, April 03, 2008

Kia Ora folks from the land of the Kiwi

Auckland, New Zealand

So finally 13hrs later we arrived at the ungodly hour of 3am in Auckland, New Zealand, to find that the lovely Chris & Jane were ready to pick us up. The kindness of strangers really does exist and it helps when you have ...

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