Joyline Chai

Dear went back to Gold Coast two days earlier than me…So I was left alone to do shopping by myself >.<

A picture of me before departing to the city for shopping ^^

This is Palace Hotel of Auckland which is more than 100 years of history.

I was walking beside the hotel and one of the brick drop down in front of me..

*MY BIG SHOCK OF MY LIFE*

And I saw cracks all around the building.

After a few minutes, I heard sirens all over the street and the fire fighters were evacuating us to the opposite streets..

They stop every possible way heading to the direction.

All the people were standing there and looking on what is going on in front of the sky tower.

Even TV telecast it LIVE

I heard that the building was later demolished during midnight.

It was so hard for me to say goodbye to this beautiful city.

Yet is time to go home.

I took the bus with only NZD 21 to have a look at the nice scenery of the city again while I on my way to airport.

Goodbye Auckland~

and Hope that I will see you real soon in the future <3 ^^

HOW TO GET THERE

You can reach Auckland International Airport with any airline but I am not sure about Air Asia. I was there with Singapore Airline which cost only RM4,400.00 with returns air tickets.

PLACES TO VISIT

1. Auckland Museum
2. Kelly Tarlton’s Antarctic Encounter & Underwater World
3. Auckland Bridge Clim
4. All Saints Church
5. Auckland Art Gallery Toi O Tamaki
6. Auckland Domain
7. Auckland Garden
8. One Tree Hill
9. Mount Eden
10. Sky Tower
11. Karaka Horse Farm
12. Parnell Street Market
13. Sky City Casino
14. Ferry TownHall
15. Queen Street
16. Parnell Rose Garden
17. Auckland Zoo
18. MOTAT
19. Cornwall Park
20. Devonport
21. Eden Garden
22. Mangere Mountain
23. Pine Harbour Marina
24. Stony Batter Historic

P/S: If happens that you love to have tibits, please buy it from some Korea shops as they are 50% cheaper compare to other convenient shops.

TRAVEL SUGGESTIONS

1. PASSPORT – If you are holding Malaysia Passport, visa are not required for the entry to Auckland. However, you may only stay for the maximum of 30 days.
2. Sun Glass – The sun is extremely hot when you are those places that without shelter. Protect your pretty eyes PLEASE!!
3. New Zealand Dollar (CASH) – This is a MUST!!! As they charge credit card transaction fees on every outlets even the cabs .
4. Camera – You will not want to miss out every single nice view in such a pretty place
5. Map – You can always grabs those map at the airport and it is really helpful.

ACCOMMODATION AND TOURS

If you are not getting any package with the airline, I suggest you get a tour guide to book your accommodation and tours. Most of them deal with New Zealand Dollar. The range of pricing is from NZD 80 – 200

However, you can also arrange a local tour trip with them on their buses which charge only NZD 35 per person for ONE DAY trip excluding entrance fees.

COST FOR TRIP

We are actually flying from different location. So I decided to do a breakdown in here so you can have a clear picture on the costs.

• Air – Ticket for Joyline
  Penang – Singapore – Penang = RM 730 via JetStar
  Singapore – Auckland – Singapore = RM 4,400 via SIA
  Total = RM5,130
• Air – Ticket for Hippo
  Gold Coast – Auckland – Gold Coast = AUD 700 @ RM 2,100
• Accommodation Cost for 1st TWO nights at Kingston Hotel
  NZD 99 x 2 x 2.5 (currency different) = RM 495.00
• Accommodation Cost for the remaining nights at The Quatram
  NZD 145 x 4 x 2.5 (currency different) = RM 1,450
• Cab expenses to Karaka
  NZD 65 x 2 x 2.5 (currency different) = RM325
• Cash expenses – NZD 900 x 2.5 (currency different) = RM 2,250

Grant Total = RM 11,750.00

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