As it was a nice sunny and warm day Petra and me went up One Tree Hill for another view over the city. Can't be that many left now :)

Lady Knox Geysir @ Wai-O-Tapu Geothermal Wonderland Rotorua


Would be even better with a little nicer weather?!

Looks like an enchanted place...



Be happy that pictures don't smell!!! ;)

don't have a clue who is standing there, but was a nice motive

as the weather in Rotorua was REALLY bad most of the time I had to take photos of other stuff there



perhaps I upload some of the cool pix Martin did from Champagne Pool etc...

Our place for the night @ Hannah Bay next to Lake Rotorua

Weather was really bad but to see some kiwibirds was really cool (even though it was not in wilderness...)
Would have never thought them to be that big!




P.S.: if one comes back to life as female kiwibird, the collected karma in the last life must have been REALLY bad... ;)

On our way to Rotorua...

bytheway:
Bike is now REALLY ready to go after another 300$ for front and rear rotor + gear changer :(
But I have to say, the brakes haven't been that good for long time ;)
As nice weather is anounced for tomorrow and the concert of Nick Oliveri (which will be sooooo cool for sure) starts at 8pm I might have a look at the local bike park... We'll see... ;)

good night world

and on the last meters some Pukekos

and the look to the left of the bay :)
Soooo much to see here... Could have made tons of pics! Those here are only the best ones

nice little bay alongside the walk

from left to right: Melanie, Kathi, Anja, Petra

was a great day with you :)

tooooooo many photos, but I just had to... :)

needs no further description ;)

City of sails in the distance

definitely a place I will come back to in the next few weeks!

having such a nice daytrip, with with nice company is definitely a pleasure :)

beautiful little walk started at the harbour with absolutely great views over the blue sea with all the little islands around and the Akl skyline in the distance.

"Oh that one is a local... Sometimes we got some dolphins here aswell."
Seems as if I have to come back some day :)

while taking photo of the car: "did u see the stingray over there?" - "what stingray??"

some nice cars around there...

- "I'd recommend the Sticky Toffee Pudding as dessert..."
... what a recommendation!!!! Was just fabulous! :D

delicious lunch + wine tasting "with a view" at Stonyridge Vineyard
Won't eat that good in the next few weeks at least ;)

think it was Palm Beach on Waiheke...

That's much more like it :D
Great day trip to Waiheke Island with some friends, nice weather, great surrounding, perfect lunch at a beautiful winery, nice little trek for some hours, to be continued...

Akl Skyline with harbour bridge seen from Mount Eden

Another pic of Akl skyline ;)
From Devonport, aswell...
b/w pics on cloudy days just look so much better :)

Other side of Victoria Summit.
Weather wasn't really perfect, but was a nice day with Kathi and Anja

View from Victoria Summit Devonport

Victoria Rd Devonport

They have so cool trees in Devonport :)

Really cool to get more followers here each time I look here :)
Feel free to post some comments as there is no solution for a guest book yet...

Auckland skyline seen from the harbour.
Hoping for better weather to come...

Had no opportunity to decrease the image size (all in chinese as I said...)
Any suggestions about a good size?!

Akl Central

Akl Central

Skytower from the distance and years ago ;)

Akl harbour

Akl harbour

just walking around in Akl

looking up on the way to the museum

on the way up to the museum

What I saw from that road was just build for somebody with a longboard...... ;)

View from Auckland Museum down to the harbour. Was a nice little walk up there...

Visited the museum yesterday as it was cold and raining all day.

Skytower Nr.3

look out of the window

Skytower Nr. 2

Skytower Nr. 1

nightview out of my sleeping place :)

Hiho folks! :)

How's everybody?!

Will try to put some pix on here...
We'll see if it works better then the last time I tried ;)

Life here is getting better from day day.
Got a cell phone and a bank account and a place to stay for the next weeks, so could't be any better.
There's soooo much to do and see 'round here. Absolutely amazing places just few hours outside the city within biking distance *BIGsmile*
As weather starts getting better I'm quite sure to have some great times the next days and weeks :)

I will try to keep you updated... ;)

so long

good mornin...

Hi!
3rd day in Auckland has just begun...
Start was really without any problems (except the 80$ for bike repairs, but that was already planned in).
So cool that I can stay here with Martin, Olli and Lisa in their little flat quite in the middle of the city!! Makes things a lot easier.
Already made a contract for my mobile and later I will get myself a bank account + ird number. Then first things to do are all complete.
Auckland itself seems to be quite a nice city, that doesn't look as big as it is.
Specially things to reach within a daytrip seem to be great and I will definietely have a look at some of the sights around here.
So much for the moment...
Will try to load up some first impressions now. good luck ;)

so long