Day 56 (10th October 2015)

The port area of Auckland – Queen Street. Taken from our balcony.

Our ship in Auckland Harbour.

Auckland from the Auckland Harbour Bridge. Taken from our tour bus.

The Auckland War Memorial Museum.

The Winter Garden inside the Auckland Domain.

Orchids inside the Winter Garden, Auckland Domain.

Spring flowers inside the Winter Garden, Auckland Domain.

Maoris performing the haka inside the Auckland War memorial Museum.

Posing with a cultural show Maori inside the Auckland War memorial Museum.

Neil posing with a cultural show Maori inside the Auckland War memorial Museum.

Maori hut inside the Auckland War memorial Museum.

Auckland taken from the east side parkland.

The memorial dedicated to an ex-NZ Prime Minister located east of Auckland.

Queen Street, Auckland.

Another view of Queen Street, Auckland.

Bungy jumping towers, Auckland. For those who are adventurous.

The base of the Auckland Sky Tower.

View of Auckland Harbour taken from the Sky Tower.

View of Auckland Harbour Bridge taken from the Sky Tower.

Looking down a glass portal taken from the observation deck inside the Auckland Sky Tower.

Leaving Auckland at 7 pm. Taken from our balcony on Golden Princess.

Our ship arrived in Auckland at 7 am and by 9 am we were on our City Tour and Maori Culture Show. Auckland reminds us like a miniature Sydney. The Golden Princess is right at the bottom of Queen Street, basically a short walking distance to the centre of the city. The city tour was okay. Because this was a Saturday morning the traffic was kind to us as we drove around the CBD. At 11 am we ended up at the War Memorial Museum just outside the CBD. The cultural show was great especially the way the native people performed the haka. After a drive to a park somewhere east of the city that was dedicated to an ex-Prime Minister. We returned to the Auckland Pier at 1:30 pm and was let loose in the city. We tried to find a decent wifi place and ended at an internet café. Surprisingly nobody had a high speed internet in the city and we couldn’t completely update this blogspot. Returned to the ship at 5 pm and retired early. The ship departed Auckland for Wellington at 6:30 pm. It will take 1.5 days to reach the capital therefore tomorrow will be a day at sea. Cheers.