{"id":3121,"date":"2018-03-11T03:14:28","date_gmt":"2018-03-11T03:14:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/svslowflight.com\/?p=3121"},"modified":"2018-04-02T23:36:23","modified_gmt":"2018-04-02T23:36:23","slug":"auckland-the-biggest-city-weve-been-in-since-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/svslowflight.com\/index.php\/2018\/03\/11\/auckland-the-biggest-city-weve-been-in-since-mexico\/","title":{"rendered":"Auckland…the biggest city we’ve been in since….Mexico?!"},"content":{"rendered":"

The reason we are here in Auckland is so we could fly to the south island of New Zealand and meet up with our friends to hike the Routeburn Track near the Milford Sound (next post).\u00a0 We had a few days before and after our Routeburn track to sightsee and do errands where we had access to lots of choices for provisioning, retailers, boat parts and FOOD!<\/p>\n

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Literally everyday we would see lots of sailboats in the Auckland harbour. It really is the City of Sails!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Prada anyone?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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All the big accounting firms are here with massive signs on the side of buildings…. Deloitte is right on Queens Street…one of the busiest street downtown.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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We found the “Food Alley” which is like a food court but consists of only asian food!!!! I didn’t have to “drag” Trevor in…he went willingly\u00a0 \u00a0; )<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Volvo Ocean Race city-<\/strong> The highlight for me was the Volvo Ocean Race stopover in Auckland.\u00a0 I have been loosely following this race over the years ever since I saw the below video back in 2014.<\/p>\n