This is part 1/16 of my New Zealand south island trip. My flight from Singapore to Auckland was delayed almost 2 hours. I guess this is what budget is all about. I was supposed to reach Auckland International Airport at 11:25AM but the plane touch down only after 1PM. My next flight to Christchurch is 5:40PM, and the trip from airport to Auckland city is about 40 minutes. So, this gives me approximately 1.5 hours to tour the city.

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With such a short time available, I just took a stroll down Queen St - the CBD of Auckland

Got my BBH Club card here at Mid City Centre. $3 off a night for BBH accommodation, budget hostel that can be found everywhere in NZ

More from Queen St

Auckland town hall

I’ve forgotten where I’ve seen this weird looking thing …

…and this too

The iconic Sky Tower, the tallest structure in NZ. The wire that you can see is for the Sky Jump ($225).

Base of Sky Tower is Sky City Hotel and Casino

View of Victoria St West

Building reflection on a building…

This looks like the same thing in Clarke Quay

Hey, what is this guy doing on the floor?

It’s World Cup Rugby 2011 fever. Go All Black!

I’m still on Queen St…how much further?

Yay! Fast food! But where is McD?

World Cup Rugby again. That’s the only angle I can get with all Days/Hours/Minutes/Seconds in it

A nice place for a cup of coffee but I got no time

It says on the floor “A Maori figure in a Kaitaka cloak”

I’m not promoting for Dove but here is some sexy armpit hair

Auckland ferry terminal with Ferry Building (brown building on the right)

A view of Queen St from the ferry terminal

This is the bus that you can take from airport to Auckland city for $21 return. The time is 3:22PM and it’s time to go back to airport and catch the 5:40PM flight to Christchurch