Our Day in Auckland

We left the Crowne Plaza Hotel and headed off for a day out in this lovely City. There has been quite a lot of building and development work since we were last here which is very noticeable down by the water front.

After cruising around the cafes we then took a ferry boat ride over to the island of Waireke which is about 45 minutes away on a catamaran. The ferry was quite busy with teenagers and the twenties all of whom were heading for a free pop concert on the Island. We sat next to a group of American girls who could not utter a complete sentence without saying the work ‘Like’ at least two to three times. Like, man, it’s really like a good day out like, like you get the picture like.

The Island when we arrived was hot and sunny and so we headed up the main road and walked about two kilometres in to town. The pop concert must have been quite some way away as there were no signs or sounds at all. There are a lot of very modern houses on this Island and also a lot for sale but prices seem to be high.

We walked back to the port and caught the ferry back, then walked round the harbour to where the Annual Boat Show was being held. From the side of the harbour you could see the many different sizes and shapes of boats that are available. I understand that New Zealand people have more boats per capita than anywhere else in the world. There were some amazing boats there costing millions I guess and well beyond our means.

We then walked through the main shopping street, Queen Street and up the hill to see what films were showing at the IMAX Cinema. We booked for ‘I AM LEGEND’ starring Will Smith, a very good and scary film, they made New York without people and completely overgrown quite realistic.

We had had an early dinner at the ‘Wagamama’ restaurant which has recently opened here. The streets are crowded with Asians and there appears to be more Chinese and Asian restaurants than any other type.

This town has a lot of money as you can tell by the number of Jewellery, Camera and fashion brand name shops available. The Asians have brought a lot of money to this town and you can see them driving the most expensive cars.

Tomorrow we leave for Australia, where has the time gone??