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New Zealand
\nDecember 2019<\/h2>\n\t

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As I mentioned on my Australia<\/a> page, my husband and I visited New Zealand and Australia for our 40th wedding anniversary. Although we travelled the east coast of Australia by car, we decided to enjoy New Zealand by going on an 11-day cruise of both islands. We had a great cabin with a balcony on the 9th deck at the very front of the bow. We would open the balcony door and sleep to the sound of the waves!<\/p>\n

We started our cruise in Auckland, near the tip of the north island. We then visited six more ports as we cruised southward, spent a day at sea touring the spectacular Fjordland National Park on the south island, and finally two more ship days to reach Sydney, our final destination.<\/p>\n\t

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Auckland<\/h3>\n\t

We had an evening and most of a day in Auckland before boarding our cruise ship. The sunset skyline photo is from our 16th floor hotel room. In the morning we took an Uber to the Auckland Botanic Gardens, which was an amazing experience. We walked the gardens for many hours and never even reached the far end. Very beautiful and relaxing. Most of the photos below are from the gardens.<\/p>\n

Finally it was time to board the ship to start our 11-day cruise! The photo of the sailboat race was taken from the cruise ship deck as we were departing.<\/p>\n