Twenty-Four Hours in Auckland, New Zealand
What can you do with 24 hours in Auckland, New Zealand? Take a look at what we did; hopefully you’ll glean some inspiration for your next trip.
– Auckland
Adventures in the South Pacific!
I’m just back from six weeks in New Zealand and Samoa. These last few years, I’ve been outside America one out of every three days. I’m truly blessed with a job that allows me to work remotely from the internet. I only spent a short time in Samoa, but it is a gorgeous, tropical paradise:
Get in the Scrum With the Rugby World Cup 2011
The Rugby World Cup is underway in New Zealand through October 23, and nearly 1.1 million fans attended the 40 matches of the tournament’s pool phase. There are still eight major matches left to play in the tournament, and tickets are available for seven of those matches. The quarterfinals will take place October 8 and […]
The Grasshopper Restaurant
I have been to the Thai restaurant, Grasshopper, a number of times now, and there is good reason for this. Located within, yet separate from the five star Stamford Hotel in Auckland’s CBD, it caters to a business cliental for lunch. However, in the evening transforms into a venue for either a sophisticated or casual […]
Promoting Vanuatu in New Zealand Through Music
No words can better put it than “simply perfection”! The Vanuatu Roadshow in New Zealand, fantastically put together by the Vanuatu Tourism representative in Aotearoa , Ms. Jacquie Carson, took place last week from 13-15 April 2010. My band participated and promoted the destination via music. Theoretically, I was wearing two caps, almost like killing […]