Day 100 February 17th 2007, What a view - Auckland

After a morning run along the beach (new slim version of A Filby on its way) we headed off on the bus into town, still no hire car as yet. It was probably a good thing as the main road into town was solid for miles but the bus just coasted past it all in the bus lane. The joys of public transport.
Auckland has a great relaxed atmosphere but its still busy enough to feel like the capital city (oops that wouild be Wellington). On first impressions two areas really stand out, the harbor and the Sky Tower (offical website)

The Sky Tower is the tallest building in the Southern Hemisphere at 328 meters, we took the lift which has a glass floor (luckily I don't suffer from vertigo) to the observation lounge and then onto the sky deck. It looks like the Kiwi's have manged to turn the tower into an extreme sports playground and we saw a few people jumping off from the observation level. It didn't look too bad but I had just eaten lunch and thought better of it. This is the video from the Sky Tower website.

In the harbor was the Queen Mary 2 which we got a great view of

Highlights: The Sky Tower