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Detailed travelogue on Australia and New Zealand

Detailed Travelogue on Australia and New Zealand

Larry
2006-05-27 03:23:16

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owner had decided to tear it down and put up
a high-rise condo in its place. It always makes me sad when I see this kind
of thing happen. There's a need for places like Chateau Maples in every
city, and more and more of them are being torn down. It reminded me of a
similar place in Hong Kong called "Soldiers and Sailors", that was
demolished to make way for a high-rise condo, yet the last time I was in
Hong Kong (1995), about five years after it was torn down, nothing had been
built in its place, and an empty hole now sits in the ground next to the
church.

AUCKLAND

There isn't too much to say about Auckland. During my trip, almost all
the Kiwis I met told me there was nothing much to Auckland, and not to spend
too much time there. All I can say is, they were right.
I set aside an entire day to look around Auckland, thinking that it
probably wouldn't be enough time, yet after 3 hours, I was on the phone to
Ansett, trying to get the next flight out. Unfortunately, nothing was
available. I was stuck having to spend the whole day there.
I'm not sure why I disliked Auckland so much, and I probably shouldn't be
so harsh on it. There's nothing wrong with the city... but there just
wasn't anything much to it either. I suppose if you're visiting New
Zealand, you can fill up a day in Auckland as I finally wound up doing, but
I would recommend spending as little time as possible there, especially
considering all the other wonderful places New Zealand has to see.

After walking around downtown Auckland for a bit -- and being unable to
get an earlier flight out -- I decided to take the ferry to Devonport, a
nice, wealthy suburb of Auckland, separated by water. On Devonport, I took
a short bus tour that took us to the top of some lookouts and around the
historic homes of the city. ...

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