RTW 13: Auckland

The final NZ stop of my Round-the-world trip was Auckland. I had far too many days in Auckland - as a matter of fact, I almost felt that I was just spending time waiting to get to Tahiti. On TV Bush's rockets hit Baghdad and outside it was raining...

Well, I'm exaggerating, as always. I saw a couple of good movies ("The Pianist" and "Chicago"), went to a good museum (Maritime Museum or something like that) - which even included a sailboat trip in the harbour - and I went to the park.

Actually, the best memory of my stay in Auckland was going to the Domain on a Sunday. I had heard rumours that there would be a free concert, and followed the sound of music... It was wonderful to rest and listen to live jazz music in the late summer evening.

I also went to the "Auckland War Memorial Museum", which was far less interesting than expected - the most interesting bits were the Maori Treasures, but even this didn't really catch my fancy (after all, I'd been to museums in Dunedin, Christchurch and Wellington before this one...)



All in all, Auckland was quite ok, but nothing to go to the other side of the globe for...

Previous installments on my trip:
RTW 12: Rotorua
RTW 11: Napier
RTW 10: Wellington
RTW 9: Arthur's Pass
RTW 8: Christchurch
RTW 7: Queenstown
RTW 6: Dunedin
RTW 5: Sydney
RTW 4: Singapore
RTW 3: Mauritius
RTW 2: Réunion
RTW 1: Johannesburg