{"id":127,"date":"2010-04-22T21:58:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-22T21:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hodson.ca\/NewZealand\/?p=122"},"modified":"2013-06-10T01:23:18","modified_gmt":"2013-06-10T01:23:18","slug":"day-19-exploring-wellington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.hodson.ca\/Travel\/?p=127","title":{"rendered":"Day 19 \u2013 Exploring Wellington"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This would be our last full day in New Zealand, before heading to the airport tomorrow afternoon for our flight to Australia.\u00a0 It was a nice sunny day, so we decided to walk around Wellington to see the sights.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"P4223641\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hodson.ca\/Travel\/wp-content\/pictures\/NewZealand2010\/Day19ExploringWellington_116BF\/P4223641.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"P4223641\" width=\"570\" height=\"428\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The following photos are of New Zealand\u2019s Parliament buildings.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"P4223646\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hodson.ca\/Travel\/wp-content\/pictures\/NewZealand2010\/Day19ExploringWellington_116BF\/P4223646.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"P4223646\" width=\"570\" height=\"428\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"P4223645\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hodson.ca\/Travel\/wp-content\/pictures\/NewZealand2010\/Day19ExploringWellington_116BF\/P4223645.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"P4223645\" width=\"570\" height=\"428\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"P4223648\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hodson.ca\/Travel\/wp-content\/pictures\/NewZealand2010\/Day19ExploringWellington_116BF\/P4223648.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"P4223648\" width=\"570\" height=\"428\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We then took the Wellington cable car to the top of the hill by the Botanic Gardens and the observatory.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"P4223657\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hodson.ca\/Travel\/wp-content\/pictures\/NewZealand2010\/Day19ExploringWellington_116BF\/P4223657.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"P4223657\" width=\"570\" height=\"428\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"P4223668\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hodson.ca\/Travel\/wp-content\/pictures\/NewZealand2010\/Day19ExploringWellington_116BF\/P4223668.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"P4223668\" width=\"570\" height=\"428\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We then walked along the waterfront to the Te Papa Museum of New Zealand.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"P4223686\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hodson.ca\/Travel\/wp-content\/pictures\/NewZealand2010\/Day19ExploringWellington_116BF\/P4223686.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"P4223686\" width=\"570\" height=\"428\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"P4223690\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hodson.ca\/Travel\/wp-content\/pictures\/NewZealand2010\/Day19ExploringWellington_116BF\/P4223690.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"P4223690\" width=\"570\" height=\"428\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After wandering around the museum for a bit, we headed back out to explore some more.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"P4223707\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hodson.ca\/Travel\/wp-content\/pictures\/NewZealand2010\/Day19ExploringWellington_116BF\/P4223707.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"P4223707\" width=\"570\" height=\"428\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"P4223709\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hodson.ca\/Travel\/wp-content\/pictures\/NewZealand2010\/Day19ExploringWellington_116BF\/P4223709.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"P4223709\" width=\"570\" height=\"428\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Later, we walked down to the waterfront area again in search of some dinner.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"P4223714\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hodson.ca\/Travel\/wp-content\/pictures\/NewZealand2010\/Day19ExploringWellington_116BF\/P4223714.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"P4223714\" width=\"570\" height=\"428\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After dinner, we had another quick walk around the downtown area before heading back to the hotel.\u00a0 Below is a night photo of the Supreme Court of New Zealand.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"P4223729\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hodson.ca\/Travel\/wp-content\/pictures\/NewZealand2010\/Day19ExploringWellington_116BF\/P4223729.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"P4223729\" width=\"570\" height=\"428\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This would be our last full day in New Zealand, before heading to the airport tomorrow afternoon for our flight to Australia.\u00a0 It was a nice sunny day, so we decided to walk around Wellington to see the sights. 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