Monday, April 21, 2008

Sky Tower - Auckland

This is my first Auckland(AKL) flight in 2008 as my last flight to Auckland was about 10 months ago. Auckland still look nothing much different. Still as peaceful as last time. Winter will coming soon, so the weather is a bit chilling at night time. And due to day light saving, New Zealand’s time now only 4 hours ahead of Malaysia’s time, other time will be 5 hours ahead.

Auckland is NZ’s largest city with a population of approximately 1.3 million. It is affectionately referred to as the ‘city of sails’, since it lays claim to having the world’s largest amount of sailboats per capita. Sky Tower is the best known Auckland’s landmark. It is located in the heart of the city. Due to its shape and height, it has become an iconic Auckland structure, often used in logos and promotions. Just like our KL tower.

At 328m high, it’s the tallest building in the southern hemisphere so far. It has 3 observation levels which can offer unrivalled 360 degree views of AKL city. Beside being the region's main broadcasting and telecommunications facility, the tower also is one of New Zealand's most exhilarating and spectacular tourist attractions.

Inside the tower's accompanying building is hotel, some bars, shops, restaurants, Sky City Theatre plus the most important excitement - Sky City casino. It is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Like our Genting Casino, inside is mostly Chinese. I think Chinese is really like to gamble. Haha..

The tower also features the SkyJump. It is the quick route down by jumping off from the tower with 192m to the ground. I think it is for the daredevils who love ‘life’, but not for me, I scare my heartbeat will stop by the time when I leap from 192m and fall to the ground. Haha...



12 comments:

Claim said...

maybe you should try bungy jump!!
you will get new axperince after that!!

Chris said...

Grace: Wow! It seems too excited for me. Hopefully i will dare to try one day. :p

Claim said...

I did last year at Toupo, NZ
that's so amazing, you should try,
and i hope i can go for sky diving this year.

Chris said...

Grace: Oh my god! U r so daring!! Sky diving.. er... i think i need some time to think abt it. :p
Bungy will be ok if got accompanion. :)

Claim said...

Ask your partner do it for you...
no choice if you travel alone..

Chris said...

Yeah, how come i can't access ur blog? U didn't open to public?

Claim said...

你的职业是"空中少爷"吗?

Chris said...

Grace: 是啊。 :)

Claim said...

我就猜到。。。羡慕你自由自在的生活
寄娱乐于工作!

Chris said...

Grace: 嗯。。 虽然可以寄娱乐于工作,但有时我也觉得蛮空虚的,反而羡慕在office里工作的人。唉! 我其实也并不十分了解我自己。

Claim said...

有时觉得你的部落文字写得唯美,诗情画意。。有时却内容平平
你的思维停留在哪里?

Chris said...

Grace: 我自己也不清楚,我写部落格看心情。心情好时就会很用心的写,当心情不好时,就会随便带过。