When I arrived in Auckland I was supposed to meet an Indian guy at the airport. I waited there some hours and I checked my facebook account, but he didn't come and he didn't contact me anymore. I have no news from him since that time and I have no idea what could happened with him.
I organized my stay in Auckland with a guy called Raddeck, but he worked on Saturday and I had nothing to do in the afternoon. I took a bus to the Queen's street, I walked to the port, but I had to pull my suitcase and it started to rain. I found a shelter in the buidling Cinemas. There were sofas upstairs and I lay down there for some hours. I was tired after the long flight. My host told me to meet him around 8pm at Starbucks, but he didn't tell me there were two of them on the Queen's street. I waited for him around half an hour in front of Cinemas, then I found a phone box and he said he was waiting at another Starbucks. He said he was just about to leave when I called him. Finally we met and we drove to a market with food stalls where we bought Japanese food takoyaki, okonomiyaki, steamed shrimp dumplings and spicy octupus. We also found durian fruit there and my host wanted to taste it so we bought it as well. Then we went home, my host lived close to the Half Moon Bay. We ate our dinner and then we watched the movie Blair witch 3, but we found it quite boring. My host had an excellent foot massage machine. In the morning we had to get up early because he worked on Sunday as well, he took me to the ferry and I went to the Queen's street. I had to go to Cinemas again because it was rainy and I had to wait for my bus to Whangarei which was departing at 1pm. I got there around 4pm, I waited at the information center, but my host came around 5.30pm. We went to play frisbee in the park and then Alex cooked dinner, we ate spaghetti bolognese and then we watched the movie Crucible about witchcraft trials. I was very tired, so I was falling asleep during the movie. My host lived in a caravan. On Monday morning we went to Whangarei falls and then to the kauri forest.
In the afternoon Alex took me to the Whangarei Native Bird Recovery Center where I had an opportunity to see and touch a one-legged kiwi bird Sparky. He lost his leg in a trap and he has been living in the Recovery Center since 2002. It was a great experience to meet him and caress him. He picked up worms from the soil with his long beak. You can see the video with him here
The was a museum in this center and I saw many photos with Sparky and also his predecessor Snoopy who also had only one leg. Sparky is used to being taken to schools and shown to kids for educational purposes. Then we saw a talking Myna bird outside the center.
Later in the evening we watched the movie Grey and we ate paste again. The following day we went to the Bay of islands but firstly we stopped in Kawakawa where we saw Hundertwasser Public Toilets. When we got to the Bay of islands I bought some souvenirs firstly and then I then I took a bath in the sea but I stayed there only 5 minutes because the water had only 15°C. The weather is New Zealand was very changeable, it was early spring there. When it was sunny it was possible to wear summer clothes, but when it was cloudy and rainy it was cold. Later we went to another beach in Ruakaka, but the weather wasn't so good anymore so I didn't swim there.
Later we drove to Auckland where we stayed one night with Alex's son. We had tacos for dinner. On Wednesday morning we drove to Waitomo caves. The ticket costed 50 NZD but I had a discount coupon so I paid only 37.5 NZD. My host didn't want to go inside caves because he had claustrophobia. I enjoyed visiting Waitomo caves a lot, we drifted on the boat and the view was spectacular, it looked like a night sky. It wasn't allowed to take the photos inside the cave which is a pity. In the afternoon we went to Tauranga where we spent a night with Alex's sister and her husband. We had chicken and potatoes for dinner. We had to travel very fast because my stay in NZ was short.
I organized my stay in Auckland with a guy called Raddeck, but he worked on Saturday and I had nothing to do in the afternoon. I took a bus to the Queen's street, I walked to the port, but I had to pull my suitcase and it started to rain. I found a shelter in the buidling Cinemas. There were sofas upstairs and I lay down there for some hours. I was tired after the long flight. My host told me to meet him around 8pm at Starbucks, but he didn't tell me there were two of them on the Queen's street. I waited for him around half an hour in front of Cinemas, then I found a phone box and he said he was waiting at another Starbucks. He said he was just about to leave when I called him. Finally we met and we drove to a market with food stalls where we bought Japanese food takoyaki, okonomiyaki, steamed shrimp dumplings and spicy octupus. We also found durian fruit there and my host wanted to taste it so we bought it as well. Then we went home, my host lived close to the Half Moon Bay. We ate our dinner and then we watched the movie Blair witch 3, but we found it quite boring. My host had an excellent foot massage machine. In the morning we had to get up early because he worked on Sunday as well, he took me to the ferry and I went to the Queen's street. I had to go to Cinemas again because it was rainy and I had to wait for my bus to Whangarei which was departing at 1pm. I got there around 4pm, I waited at the information center, but my host came around 5.30pm. We went to play frisbee in the park and then Alex cooked dinner, we ate spaghetti bolognese and then we watched the movie Crucible about witchcraft trials. I was very tired, so I was falling asleep during the movie. My host lived in a caravan. On Monday morning we went to Whangarei falls and then to the kauri forest.
In the afternoon Alex took me to the Whangarei Native Bird Recovery Center where I had an opportunity to see and touch a one-legged kiwi bird Sparky. He lost his leg in a trap and he has been living in the Recovery Center since 2002. It was a great experience to meet him and caress him. He picked up worms from the soil with his long beak. You can see the video with him here
The was a museum in this center and I saw many photos with Sparky and also his predecessor Snoopy who also had only one leg. Sparky is used to being taken to schools and shown to kids for educational purposes. Then we saw a talking Myna bird outside the center.
Later in the evening we watched the movie Grey and we ate paste again. The following day we went to the Bay of islands but firstly we stopped in Kawakawa where we saw Hundertwasser Public Toilets. When we got to the Bay of islands I bought some souvenirs firstly and then I then I took a bath in the sea but I stayed there only 5 minutes because the water had only 15°C. The weather is New Zealand was very changeable, it was early spring there. When it was sunny it was possible to wear summer clothes, but when it was cloudy and rainy it was cold. Later we went to another beach in Ruakaka, but the weather wasn't so good anymore so I didn't swim there.
Later we drove to Auckland where we stayed one night with Alex's son. We had tacos for dinner. On Wednesday morning we drove to Waitomo caves. The ticket costed 50 NZD but I had a discount coupon so I paid only 37.5 NZD. My host didn't want to go inside caves because he had claustrophobia. I enjoyed visiting Waitomo caves a lot, we drifted on the boat and the view was spectacular, it looked like a night sky. It wasn't allowed to take the photos inside the cave which is a pity. In the afternoon we went to Tauranga where we spent a night with Alex's sister and her husband. We had chicken and potatoes for dinner. We had to travel very fast because my stay in NZ was short.
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