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Wrapping Up Our New Zealand Adventures in Auckland

Wrapping Up Our New Zealand Adventures in Auckland

Auckland is the largest city in New Zealand. It is even larger than Wellington which is the capital city. Almost 30% of the population of New Zealand currently lives in Auckland making it such a vibrant city unlike in most other cities and towns in New Zealand which are mostly underpopulated. We actually landed in Auckland when we first flew into New Zealand from Malaysia. And after driving from the airport all the way to Christchurch and later to Te…

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Saying Good Bye to the South Island

Saying Good Bye to the South Island

So, in my previous post, I wrote about how we traveled from Te Anau to Christchurch by going East before traversing along the coastal road to the South until night caught up with us in Oamaru. So after spending a night in a quite expensive room in Oamaru, it was time to leave the historic city and return to Christchurch from where we would be flying back to Auckland to spend our last days in New Zealand before flying back to…

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New Zealand : From Te Anau to Christchurch on the East Coast of South Island

New Zealand : From Te Anau to Christchurch on the East Coast of South Island

It was good to have finally ticked something off the bucketlist. Milford Track was great but there’s much more to New Zealand than the beautiful track across the Fiordland National Park which is considered the finest trail in the world. After soaking in the much-missed sunshine on the lakeside of Te Anau, it was time to move on. I was in a deep dilemma actually, whether to return to Queenstown and take my chances to do the sky-diving since I…

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