alright everyone, i have an announcement to make.
OCEANIA WORLD TOURRRRRRRRRRRRR๐๐๐๐๐๐ first stop? NEW ZEALAND, land of the sheep, hobbits, and something else probably. anyways speaking of sheep, new zealand has a lot of them. like there are 5 sheep for every 1 person. kinda weird if you ask me. ANYWAYS some more info about new zealand. while there are 2 main islands that everyone knows about, there are over 700 teeeeeeeeny tiiiinyyy islands in this country as well. while similar to australia in terms of accent, they are VERY DIFFERENT, or so ive been told.
i decided to visit the north island because even though its smaller, it is the more populous one. its home to both auckland and wellington, the largest and capital cities. i had no idea that new zealand even had a capital, let alone it being wellington. so therefore i went to auckie, thats my new nickname for it. now auckie itself might be the largest city in new zealand, but its the 5th largest in all of oceania. its got around 1.5 million people which isnt too bad, and dates back to the 14th (first maori settlement) and 19th (first european contact) century! also this city is really big into sailing. like REALLLLLLLY BIG. there are around 135,000 yachts and other boats that are registered in the city. its nickname is quite literally the city of sails. and honestly it makes sense, cause everyone here is really informal. like in every way. talking, dressing, all of it. which makes it super weird and uncomfortable when i try to go shopping in my sunday best.
now because im in auckland i wanted to experience the true city life, the real hustle and bustle you know? so i decided to make my way to eden garden๐cause nothing screams city living like a botanical garden hehehehehehehehehehehehe but this place is really really pretty, like most gardens. i will say most of the appeal of it is because its on the slope of mount eden (thats where it gets the name). after the beautiful garden i decided to take a little dive๐ waitemata harbor was my goal, as its aucklands primary access to the sea, and a good chunk of all those boats i mentioned earlier are there too๐ the harbor was harboring, the ocean was there, and it was a perfect day. then all of a sudden i got this intense flashback. i could feel myself driving, cold water, and panic. turns out ive got ptsd from driving "strait" (no pun intended) into the strait of gibraltar. so that ruined my auckland experience for sure. so onto the next island!
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