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The Volcanic Plateau

We set out from Auckland Monday morning and headed south in our rental car. Driving on the left side of the road was a bit harrowing at first, but after a couple high-stress hours of confusion and a close call or two, I got the handle of it. As we headed south the New Zealand countryside...

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bhkann on December 3, 2012 from Taupo, New Zealand

from the travel blog: New Zealand, 2012

Enter Auckland

If there's any kind of jetlag that is "good" jetlag, than this is likely it. Traveling to New Zealand, you cross the international date line and are thrust forward 12 hours in the blink of an eye. Add a few more for good measure, and you're looking at an 18 hour positive difference. When...

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bhkann on December 2, 2012 from Auckland, New Zealand

from the travel blog: New Zealand, 2012

Auckland

Hallo an alle :) wir sind heil in Auckland angekommen!!! In taipeh war es super anstrengend, heiss und chaotisch, die leute sind dort aper sehr nett und nur dank ihnen haben wir den Weg zurueck gefunden... Jetzt sind wir am ersten Ziel und wurden freundlich aufgenommen. Sind dabei die...

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annna93 on November 26, 2012 from Auckland, New Zealand

from the travel blog: From the North Shore to the Bluff

freundlich, freundlicher, New Zealand

Die Erfinder der Freundlichkeit Waren eindeutig die Neuseelaender. Man geht an Geschaeften vorbei und wird gefragt, wie es einem geht, oder an einem Masseur und wird massiert. Man bleibt mitten auf der Strasse stehen und die Leute, die fast in einen reinrennen, entschuldigen sich auch...

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annna93 on November 25, 2012 from Auckland, New Zealand

from the travel blog: From the North Shore to the Bluff

Feb 2011

Began my tour of NZ.

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rich13 on May 9, 2012 from Auckland, New Zealand

from the travel blog: Rich's Travel Blog.

OFF TO FIND SOME SUN!!!

Had a quick coffee with Sam before she left to go to work and then Chris walked into town to post my diary home and change up some money into Fiji dollars. We then packed up, showered and waited for our shuttle bus to come and pick us up for a surprisingly cheap price. I hate airport days as...

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chrischarly on March 29, 2012 from Auckland, New Zealand

from the travel blog: Chris and Charly's Pacific Island Pit-Stop

Hello Public Transport and Bye Down Under Blog...

Did a final tidy-up of the car and packed the rest of things before Rick came at 11am to collect his new car and give us $1500 cash. Will miss that little car! Katie, the manager of the campsite we were staying in kindly gave us a lift to the bus stop for our 4 hour journey to Auckland to...

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chrischarly on March 28, 2012 from Auckland, New Zealand

from the travel blog: Chris and Charly Down Under

Car= sold, finally!

We actually had a busy day today! Woke up at the crack of dawn (8am) and quickly got ready and drove to Whangarei as I had a doctor’s appointment. It took about 1 ½ hours to get there and I was in and out pretty quickly. We then had to do some shopping for the Pacific Islands, which included...

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chrischarly on March 27, 2012 from Whangarei, New Zealand

from the travel blog: Chris and Charly Down Under

Another headache from trying to sell our van

A few days ago we had an offer of $1500 for our car from a dealer just down the road where we are staying. Rubbish price, but it is now low season so no one is buying and the dealer is obviously clearly aware of this so is going to hold out and sell it in a few months when it is high season...

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chrischarly on March 26, 2012 from Paihia, New Zealand

from the travel blog: Chris and Charly Down Under

11+km walk

Somebody else called about the car today! So we excitedly rushed around tidying it and again he wasn’t interested and instead wanted something bigger. Not long ‘till we fly out now, so better get something sorted, quick. But it was a gorgeous day today so we went on a 11+km walk on the...

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chrischarly on March 25, 2012 from Waitangi, New Zealand

from the travel blog: Chris and Charly Down Under

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