The weather looks very promising for our Whale Watching excursion – Sunny, 75 degrees and light winds. Since the trip doesn’t leave until 1:30, we decide to head over to Auckland at mid-morning and have lunch before the trip. After lunch we boarded the boat, received our safety lecture (don’t fall off) and started […]
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After Church we headed over on the ferry to continue the second half of out Hop On Hop Off tour – it just couldn’t be done in one day. We joined the bus from the same spot as yesterday, and began the circuit. At one point, the bus route was around the bay, directly […]
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We boarded our trusty ferry for the quick ride to Auckland – the Golden Princess was in port – there is a different cruise ship almost every day. We found the guy to buy the hop on hop off bus passes from. On earlier travels we have learned that these are one […]
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There are several “Heritage Walks” published by the Rotary Club, so we decided today, instead of walking into town for breakfast, to take off on one of the walks, since it appears there is a breakfast place on the the route. We walked down the hill to the beach, turned left and started toward […]
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We hiked down to the ferry, to head over to Auckland for a whale watching excursion. It is only a brief 15 minute ride, and we still sit where we can catch a view of either Devonport or Auckland, where many of the passengers are obviously commuters, sitting inside with their noses buried in […]
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As I have said, I am not driving a car on this trip. A decision made out of stark terror caused by driving on the left side of the road. Given that bit of caution, we still are nearly run over every time we cross a street, by looking the wrong way for oncoming […]
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Basically a day of much needed rest. We walked into town (about 10 minutes) to the super market and picked up a few supplies – coffee, Coke Zeros, bread, sandwich fixings, and breakfast stuff. This is a pretty expensive place to live although it is a little hard to calculate due to the difference […]
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It is Monday here in New Zealand, Super Bowl Sunday at home. The game, at 12:30 pm our time, was not to be shown on local television, and I was not successful finding a way to stream it (at least not within my capabilities). After a little bit of research I determined that none of […]
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On this trip, I am really noticing the recent enhancements to Google Maps. I think the routing, particularly “on foot” is much improved, and we are using it frequently – to the store, to restaurants, to the hardware store (more electrical plug adapters) and this morning the local Methodist Church. Despite the assurances from Google, […]
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You will notice that the date of this post is Feb 1, not Jan 31, since we crossed the international date line, we lost a day, which we will get back on the return to the U.S. Auckland is 19 hours ahead of Dallas, or you can think of it as 5 hours behind Dallas, […]
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