{"id":758,"date":"2010-04-12T19:00:57","date_gmt":"2010-04-12T18:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/blog\/?p=758"},"modified":"2010-04-12T19:00:57","modified_gmt":"2010-04-12T18:00:57","slug":"luke-around-the-world-20100304-auckland-new-zealand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/blog\/archives\/758","title":{"rendered":"Luke Around The World &#8211; 20100304 &#8211; Auckland, New Zealand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This was my first visit to New Zealand. I only had a day there, and only in Auckland. One plan was to spend an extra week or two in the country, and fly back later, but I decided not to do so.<\/p>\n<p><p>[display_podcast]<\/p>\n<p>\nThe podcast feed is: <a href=\"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/blog\/topics\/latw\/feed\">LATW RSS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/WebObjects\/MZStore.woa\/wa\/viewPodcast?id=364099047\">Click here to open and subscribe in iTunes.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n<br \/>\nA street in the downtown area.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/travelpodcast\/20100304\/20100304-2.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"A street in the downtown area.\"><\/p>\n<p>\nRandom street entertainer.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/travelpodcast\/20100304\/20100304-1.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Random street entertainer.\"><\/p>\n<p>\nSt. Kevins Arcade 2nd Hand Bookshop.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/travelpodcast\/20100304\/20100304-3.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"St. Kevins Arcade 2nd Hand Bookshop.\"><\/p>\n<p>\nAuckland&#8217;s Sky Tower.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/travelpodcast\/20100304\/20100304-4.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Auckland's Sky Tower.\"><\/p>\n<p>\nShadow of the tower from the tower.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/travelpodcast\/20100304\/20100304-7.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Shadow of the tower from the tower.\"><\/p>\n<p>\nMe, ready to do the SkyJump.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/travelpodcast\/20100304\/20100304-5.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Me, ready to do the SkyJump.\"><\/p>\n<p>\nAnother jumper dangling outside the tower.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/travelpodcast\/20100304\/20100304-9.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Another jumper dangling outside the tower.\"><\/p>\n<p>\nDropping to street level.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/travelpodcast\/20100304\/20100304-10.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Dropping to street level.\"><\/p>\n<p>\nThe moment before landing.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/travelpodcast\/20100304\/20100304-11.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"The moment before landing.\"><\/p>\n<p>\nHero-shot.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/travelpodcast\/20100304\/20100304-6.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Hero-shot.\"><\/p>\n<p>\nQM2 from the top of the tower.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/travelpodcast\/20100304\/20100304-8.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"QM2 from the top of the tower.\"><\/p>\n<p>\nThe lift car has a glass floor.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/travelpodcast\/20100304\/20100304-12.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"The lift car has a glass floor.\"><\/p>\n<p>\nLooking back up the tower.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/travelpodcast\/20100304\/20100304-13.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Looking back up the tower.\"><\/p>\n<p>\nI ate dinner here.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/travelpodcast\/20100304\/20100304-14.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"I ate dinner here.\"><\/p>\n<p>\nPedicab ride through the city.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/travelpodcast\/20100304\/20100304-15.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Pedicab ride through the city.\"><\/p>\n<p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This was my first visit to New Zealand. I only had a day there, and only in Auckland. One plan was to spend an extra week or two in the country, and fly back later, but I decided not to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/blog\/archives\/758\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[27,10,12,11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/758"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=758"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/758\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":759,"href":"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/758\/revisions\/759"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}