{"id":111,"date":"2010-04-07T04:49:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-07T04:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hodson.ca\/NewZealand\/?p=80"},"modified":"2013-06-10T01:25:38","modified_gmt":"2013-06-10T01:25:38","slug":"day-4-exploring-auckland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.hodson.ca\/Travel\/?p=111","title":{"rendered":"Day 4 \u2013 Exploring Auckland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA         \" border=\"0\" alt=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA         \" src=\"http:\/\/www.hodson.ca\/Travel\/wp-content\/pictures\/NewZealand2010\/Day4ExploringAuckland_124F9\/P4070374.jpg\" width=\"570\" height=\"403\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>Today we spent the day exploring the city of Auckland.&#160; We began by walking back down the Prince\u2019s Wharf area for breakfast.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px\" title=\"P4070301\" border=\"0\" alt=\"P4070301\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hodson.ca\/Travel\/wp-content\/pictures\/NewZealand2010\/Day4ExploringAuckland_124F9\/P4070301.jpg\" width=\"570\" height=\"428\" \/> <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px\" title=\"P4070302\" border=\"0\" alt=\"P4070302\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hodson.ca\/Travel\/wp-content\/pictures\/NewZealand2010\/Day4ExploringAuckland_124F9\/P4070302.jpg\" width=\"570\" height=\"428\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>Walking along the waterfront a little further.&#160; These buildings along the wharf, which look like cruise ships, house restaurants and retail shops on the ground floor, a lot of office space, and the Hilton hotel at the far end.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px\" title=\"P4070308\" border=\"0\" alt=\"P4070308\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hodson.ca\/Travel\/wp-content\/pictures\/NewZealand2010\/Day4ExploringAuckland_124F9\/P4070308.jpg\" width=\"570\" height=\"428\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>We then purchased tickets to the Explorer bus, which is a tourist bus that circles around the city, allowing you to hop on and off at various popular places throughout the day.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px\" title=\"P4070359\" border=\"0\" alt=\"P4070359\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hodson.ca\/Travel\/wp-content\/pictures\/NewZealand2010\/Day4ExploringAuckland_124F9\/P4070359.jpg\" width=\"570\" height=\"428\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>Views from Mt. Eden, the highest point in Auckland.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px\" title=\"P4070326\" border=\"0\" alt=\"P4070326\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hodson.ca\/Travel\/wp-content\/pictures\/NewZealand2010\/Day4ExploringAuckland_124F9\/P4070326.jpg\" width=\"570\" height=\"428\" \/> <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px\" title=\"P4070324\" border=\"0\" alt=\"P4070324\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hodson.ca\/Travel\/wp-content\/pictures\/NewZealand2010\/Day4ExploringAuckland_124F9\/P4070324.jpg\" width=\"570\" height=\"428\" \/> <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Tomorrow we pick up our rental car and head south\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today we spent the day exploring the city of Auckland.&#160; We began by walking back down the Prince\u2019s Wharf area for breakfast. 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