Auckland with Balz & Jenny

We met Balz and Jenny during our Diving course in Cairns, and today we meet them again in Auckland. It was just amazing how helpful this couple can be. They fetch us to the Backpackers car market and advised us on car buying in Auckland which we know little of. We saw one van recommended by the staff there, a Toyota Estima with a built in bed. $4200 for the 1995 van which had done over 300,000km is a bit too expensive for us with the mileage done. Apparently there are some negative reviews about the Auckland car market from overpriced vehicles to problematic vehicles. Best to check online about them. The other websites for backpackers van trade is backpackerboard.co.nz. They also have a lot of information of job vacancies and travelling in NZ. 

 Auckland Fish Market****

 

Then we had a beautiful lunch of fish and kumara (sweet potato) chips at the Auckland fish market. P&A also bought salmon sashimi to share. Balz and Jenny have never tried them before. Seems like Balz accepting the yummy flavour!

Rangitoto Island from Devonport lookout. This island looks similar from every point of view... There are hiking trails available in that island.

 Jumping on the Rangitoto..!

 Auckland, City of Sails...

Its really fun because Balz and Jenny wanted to try Asian food. So we went to the chinese grocer and got a Malaysian curry paste. Malaysian dinner it is! We cooked curry chicken, tofu and kailan in oyster sauce.

It was a great night indeed. Learned a lot about Swiss culture, mostly eating culture. Hehe.. Hope to see them again in Auckland when we're back :)

Snow Skiing for the FIRST TIME!