Greetings from Auckland

So, I'm in Auckland. It's raining, and a bit cold but all is well. I went on a free bus tour this morning and saw a few of the sights of the city so here are some photos for you.

First we stopped off to see the bridge. I had though about climbing it but given that it was raining and rather grey I thought it best to view it from the warmth of the coach, just popping outside for the obligatory photo!

We saw one of the three volcanos in the city this morning, which is 20 metres higher than the sky tower (which is the highest structure in the southern hemisphere!) which is where the picture of me was taken. It was the most windy place I have ever been to, I was almost too scared to take my camera out (even more windy than the place we used to get the Mr. Whippys in Cornwall, mum!) but it gives you an amazing view of all around the city.


We also went to the harbour where the America's Cup was held. The photo ahead is of two of the boats from the race a few years back, I think it is the french boat and the japanese one (not sure). That bit of Auckland is one of the nicer parts because the Americas Cup brings with it a slightly higher class of tourist than the ones staying in the hostels!

The hostel is very nice and everyone i've met has been very friendly. I'm rather jetlagged but i shall keep going until tonight.

I'll probably write a longer post soon, but at the moment i'm a bit too tired to write, hopefully I will write about everything else that has happened later.