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amethyst73Tuesday March 9
Alas, with our luck it was bound to happen: I have got some variety of cold. Feels like whatever I had back in early December - gook collecting in my throat at night, making it difficult to sleep. Ah well. Think I shan't be sorry that tomorrow I mostly have to sit on a bus for a while. Meanwhile, we carried on with our plan of seeing the Auckland Museum!
There's a bus that runs around the city in a big loop in both directions that we needed to take to get to the museum. We ended up going the wrong way, taking.g a forced tour of the opposite side of the city from where we actually wanted to go, but that was its own sort of fun.
If you ever visit Auckland you really should go to the museum here. Specifically, go to two exhibits: thee Maori Court and the Volcanoes exhibit. The Maori Court is jam-packed with artifacts, mostly wood carvings of one sort or another. Some of these, like the ancestor house, war canoe, and raised storage shed (see pictures) are very large and are heavily carved on every wooden surface! Whether the style appeals to you or not, you cannot fail to be impressed. And, given that Auckland is in a volcanic field, it's in the city's interest to educate the public about them. Thoroughly. The neatest part of the exhibit was the simulation of sitting in a private home in the city as a new volcano forms out in the bay.
Near the museum are two greenhouse gardens and a fern garden,which we naturally took a turn through. The tropical garden was quite impressive - there's a banana tree, huge water lilies, and a miracle berry plant. The fern grove was dim and quiet - very lovely.
Outside the gardens we could see the Sky Tower, which looked to be no more than a mile away. We decided to walk back to downtown. Short story shorter, we reached our hotel an hour later.
We found not-very-impressive Thai food for dinner at a food court, where my credit card was apparently rejected twice. This concerned us, so we figured we'd call the company in the morning with our handy Skype application in the morning.
Next: Bus trip through hobbit country and SkypeFail
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Alas, with our luck it was bound to happen: I have got some variety of cold. Feels like whatever I had back in early December - gook collecting in my throat at night, making it difficult to sleep. Ah well. Think I shan't be sorry that tomorrow I mostly have to sit on a bus for a while. Meanwhile, we carried on with our plan of seeing the Auckland Museum!
There's a bus that runs around the city in a big loop in both directions that we needed to take to get to the museum. We ended up going the wrong way, taking.g a forced tour of the opposite side of the city from where we actually wanted to go, but that was its own sort of fun.
If you ever visit Auckland you really should go to the museum here. Specifically, go to two exhibits: thee Maori Court and the Volcanoes exhibit. The Maori Court is jam-packed with artifacts, mostly wood carvings of one sort or another. Some of these, like the ancestor house, war canoe, and raised storage shed (see pictures) are very large and are heavily carved on every wooden surface! Whether the style appeals to you or not, you cannot fail to be impressed. And, given that Auckland is in a volcanic field, it's in the city's interest to educate the public about them. Thoroughly. The neatest part of the exhibit was the simulation of sitting in a private home in the city as a new volcano forms out in the bay.
Near the museum are two greenhouse gardens and a fern garden,which we naturally took a turn through. The tropical garden was quite impressive - there's a banana tree, huge water lilies, and a miracle berry plant. The fern grove was dim and quiet - very lovely.
Outside the gardens we could see the Sky Tower, which looked to be no more than a mile away. We decided to walk back to downtown. Short story shorter, we reached our hotel an hour later.
We found not-very-impressive Thai food for dinner at a food court, where my credit card was apparently rejected twice. This concerned us, so we figured we'd call the company in the morning with our handy Skype application in the morning.
Next: Bus trip through hobbit country and SkypeFail
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