Auckland

I don’t know why almost everyone outside of Auckland hates the city so much, I guess it’s the townie/country rivalry, but I really liked Auckland. It probably helped that the weather was so nice and consistently sunny. We were very lucky to be able to use Bhavs Mums apartment in the city centre and have her take us around and out for meals. It was great to finally meet all of Bhavs Auckland based family and friends too.

The first morning we went out to Mission Bay for brunch, a beautiful drive to a really nice part of town. I also visited the Sky Tower (you can’t visit Auckland and not see the tallest building in the southern hemisphere, apparently), the War Memorial Museum, Devonport, Mount Victoria, New Market, my first kiwi bbq and One Tree Hill.

From Auckland it was on to Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia via Brunei.

Auckland from Bastion Point

Bhav enjoying the trampoline

View from One Tree Hill

View from the Sky Tower, Auckland

The glass floor to the Sky Tower that is apparently as strong as concrete