Friday, December 5, 2014

Auckland, New Zealand

This is a backlog entry. Travel date 1 - 9 Sep 2006. Flight MH 131 KUL to AKL on a B777.
Seated at the bulkhead of economy class windows seat with view of the magnificent gigantic Rolls Royce engine.


A tiring 11 hour flight. Finally arrived AKL in the afternoon, local time. Cleared customs and immigration lane. Question from immigration officer, 'did you go hiking in the last 2 weeks before your flight?' Never been asked that before in other airports visited.




Sceneries from the park at One Tree Hill domain. This trip is mostly spent on visiting the beautiful parks in and around Auckland.



Stardome Observatory


Tea house.

Monument on the hilltop.

360 view of Auckland from the hilltop.















Artsy and creative people arranging the stones on the green fields below.

Victoria Park. Small park in the city center.



Next to the park, the Victoria Park market. Browsed for souvenirs here to bring home.

Albert Park. A bigger park also in the city center.












Western Springs Lake



Shakespear Regional Park located at Whangaparaoa. About 2 hrs drive from Auckland city.











Auckland Skyline and the Sky Tower viewed while crossing the Auckland Harbour bridge.







View from the Sky Tower Observation Deck.







The Observation deck see through glass floor.





For a fee, you can skip the queue for the elevator down from the observation deck, and instead hand glide down with the rope harness to street level.

Around the neighbourhood of Avondale and Glendene, surburbs of Auckland city.









Streetviews around the neighbourhood.







Took the local train from Glen Eden station to the city.

Passing through New Lynn train halt, next to it is the New Lynn bus station. This integrated transport center makes it easy to interchange between trains and buses.



Arrived at downtown station, Britomart.

Strolling around the city and the Boat Marina.























Train ride back to Avondale from Britomart station.



At the airport waiting for flight home, after one week of holiday in Auckland. Chance at plane-spotting from the observation deck before entering the departure hall.











Arrival from Kuala Lumpur.

MH130 B777-200 9M-MRI.

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