Auckland Zoo

I took more photos of the signs than of the animals.


Kookaburra!


Tuatara! Native endangered NZ lizard/dinosaur/beastie




There were hundreds of chickens roaming loose in the parking lot and on the grounds surrounding the zoo. This flock decided it wanted to follow me around. Freaked me out a bit.

I didn't like his attitude.

Palm Beach/Enclosure Bay

We decided to find a geocache located in a rocky portion of Palm Beach. What we thought to be Palm Beach. Once we got a bit closer to the rocks...naked people started appearing. Yeah we stumbled into Enclosure Bay, the nude beach.

Church Bay

Xena Beach!

Have Arrived!

I made it to NZ after a grueling couple of flights! A few shots of my first day in Auckland. More photos to follow!

Money money money

Looks like Monopoly money! And there are see thru windows!

Leaaaving

I've been deliberating on where to go for my spring break and Australia ranked pretty high on my places to visit. And then i spent a week watching crocodile movies with my familia. All of them set in Australia. So yeaaaah. Not going to the Land Down Under after all. I got enough of alligators when i was in Florida i don't need to go somewhere that is famous for MAN EATING CROCODILE movies based on true events.

New Zealand it is!

Spring Break

This is where i'm going for Spring Break! More information to follow.

Dinner With Lyan

Tonight i was feeling adventurous and decided to try something completely out of the blue. So i cooked caramel apple porkchops for dinner. Mmmm. This consisted of apples (peeled and cored with the gadget momma gave me after my apple cheesecake fiasco) brown sugar, butter, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and a dash of salt. And the chops of course. The combination of ingredients pretty much masked the smell of meat cooking so the entire house smelled like baked goods.

It was delicious. I had my chops with white rice and drizzled the caramel sauce on-top of it.