Auckland

Auckland is actually not that different than an American city. The biggest difference is the ethnic make up of the city. There is a vast amount of asain migrants and pacific islanders. The empire state building of Auckland is the skytower. It is not as tall, but there is a commerical form of base jumping off of the top. I live in the center of the city, and have a 10 minute walk to work (much better than some of my friends 2 hour bus drive). The pictures of natives is from the pacifica festival, which celebrates the culture of all the pacific island cultures.

There is a place called Fordes that is our local bar. It is right next to our residence (uni lodge, which looks like a lage tin can) and we have a lot of BU events there. The owner is Tom Forde, and Irish imigrant who loves to talk politics. He holds an American night every wednesday where we plug our ipods into the speakers and listen to our favorite classic songs and play american drinking games. Unfortunely the bar has recently closed, becasue Tom is starting a 6 month bike tri pfrom Asia to Western Europe, but it still holds many fond memories.

We also went to a Rugby league game. Rugby league is a different sport than Rugby, but please don't ask me the difference.