Flight No: CX107/CX108 (HKG-AKL-HKG)
Date: 19th - 22nd Jan 2009
Flying Hours: 10 hours 45 mins
(GMT +1300)
The Auckland metropolitan area or Greater Auckland, in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with over 1.3 million residents, 31 percent of the country's population. Demographic trends indicate that it will continue to grow faster than the rest of the country. Increasingly cosmopolitan, Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world, and has seen many people of Asian ethnicity move there in the last two decades.
It is a conurbation, made up of Auckland City (excluding the Hauraki Gulf islands), North Shore City, and the urban parts of Waitakere and Manukau cities, along with Papakura District and some nearby urban parts of Rodney and Franklin Districts. In Māori its name is Tāmaki-makau-rau, or the transliterated version of Auckland, Ākarana.
Auckland lies between the Hauraki Gulf of the Pacific Ocean to the east, the low Hunua Ranges to the south-east, the Manukau Harbour to the south-west, and the Waitakere Ranges and smaller ranges to the west and north-west. The central part of the urban area occupies a narrow isthmus between the Manukau Harbour on the Tasman Sea and the Waitemata Harbour on the Pacific Ocean. It is one of the few cities in the world to have harbours on two separate major bodies of water.
At the pier
Date: 19th - 22nd Jan 2009
Flying Hours: 10 hours 45 mins
(GMT +1300)
The Auckland metropolitan area or Greater Auckland, in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with over 1.3 million residents, 31 percent of the country's population. Demographic trends indicate that it will continue to grow faster than the rest of the country. Increasingly cosmopolitan, Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world, and has seen many people of Asian ethnicity move there in the last two decades.
It is a conurbation, made up of Auckland City (excluding the Hauraki Gulf islands), North Shore City, and the urban parts of Waitakere and Manukau cities, along with Papakura District and some nearby urban parts of Rodney and Franklin Districts. In Māori its name is Tāmaki-makau-rau, or the transliterated version of Auckland, Ākarana.
Auckland lies between the Hauraki Gulf of the Pacific Ocean to the east, the low Hunua Ranges to the south-east, the Manukau Harbour to the south-west, and the Waitakere Ranges and smaller ranges to the west and north-west. The central part of the urban area occupies a narrow isthmus between the Manukau Harbour on the Tasman Sea and the Waitemata Harbour on the Pacific Ocean. It is one of the few cities in the world to have harbours on two separate major bodies of water.
At the pier1 day tour to Waiheke Island, ferry return ticket plus 1 day bus transportation in Waiheke Island costed us NZD40 each.
Welcome to WAIHEKE ISLAND
Our first stop - Palm Beach
We met some China friends who don't know how to speak English, so we helped them out.
2nd stop - Rocky Beach
I was enjoying the silence by the beach
Maisy, Ascar and Raynard
Eric, the crazy guy who makes jokes throughout the day
Awesome shot
shirtless .... -_-"
Lunch time at The Beach Front cafe & bar
White Wine - Two Tracks Savignon
Cheers everyone
Yummy .....
Onetangi Beach
Rest after lunch
Secretly took with the foreigner children, such a cutie pie
Relaxing ...
Vineyard's Visit
What a great view!
Eric, Raynard & Ascar
Cheers again
Wine tasting
Yoga time .... (acting)
Going back to Auckland
My last tanning session
Took this shot from the aircraft, nice!
Played with the emergency torch, haha!
An apple a day, keeps the doctor away
Going back to AucklandMy last tanning sessionTook this shot from the aircraft, nice!Played with the emergency torch, haha!An apple a day, keeps the doctor away
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