Thursday, April 22, 2010

Dec 20, 2009 - Volendam, Holland America - Auckland, New Zealand

Well… Here it is…. After 14 days traveling from Sydney to Auckland, visiting all our ports of call, and seeing so many wonderful places it’s over. We had a fabulous time. Australia… well, there is still so much more to see of that country. New Zealand… wow…. Such a beautiful country with landscaping that will keep you mesmerized. As we disembark the ship in Auckland, it’s raining. We are getting soaked as we try to get a taxi to get us to our hotel. Our hotel is right downtown on the main street. Not the greatest, but cheap enough and has a cooktop, with microwave and refridge. We got there too early as many had not yet checked out, so we had them lock up our luggage and we spent the rest of the day walking around the town. Walked around town from about 10am – 1:pm. Finally got checked in, luggage to the room, and I just crashed for the rest of the afternoon. Peggy wanted to walk some more, so she went out and did just that.


We did get to the grocery store and bought some groceries to hopefully save some money. You should see the prices at some of these restaurants. Subway… 6 inch sub costs $6.00. Big Mac costs $5.00… Lunches are advertised for $10-15 and Dinners are advertised for $15 – 20. And that’s at the CHEAP places…. Tomorrow I think we’ll try the Hop-on/Hop-off bus. Night.

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