Caz and Craig have been traveling and living around the world since 1997.
New Zealand surprised me with its food and drink. It was really quite memorable. We enjoyed eating out especially in Auckland. There is a wide variety of restaurants to experience in different areas of the city. Britomart Britomart is a vibrant shopping, entertainment and business precinct in the heart of downtown Auckland. Surrounded by beautiful heritage buildings, it’s a neighbourhood of buzzing restaurants and cool bars, designer boutiques and quirky
Auckland, New Zealand has some interesting facts. It is one of the few cities in the world to have harbours on two separate major bodies of water. Auckland has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world. And Auckland straddles the Auckland Volcanic Field, which has produced about 50 volcanoes. Have you been to Auckland?
Good beer and wine was just not something that would enter my mind when I thought of New Zealand. I don’t know why. I think it goes back to living in London, and our Kiwi friends could be spotted drinking Steinlager, a watered down excuse for a beer. I guess that is like saying that Fosters is an indicaiton of the beer in Australia, or Budweiser in the US. And wine? Well that just comes down
We stood on the steps of the war memorial in Auckland as Prince and his mother welcomed us to the Land of a Thousand Lovers. We had just arrived from Rotorua and I felt this was one of the best ways that I could have been welcomed to Auckland, especially after learning so much about the Maori culture at the Tamaki village. What struck me most was how genuine the
“OMG…I’m freaking out. They want me to jump off a 192 meter high building here in Auckland, New Zealand. I’m shit scared of heights!…Should I do it?” Jumbled up thoughts of fear and my trying to overcome that with bravery raced through my mind as I waited at the bottom of Auckland’s SkyWalk at the top of New Zealand’s tallest building. I knew jumping off the tower would make a good
