Wellington is the capital city of NZ and also the southernmost town in North Island and therefore a gateway to South Island. We planned our trip the way that we could spend a weekend here (in order to experience the Welly night-life:)). To sum-it up very shortly: Wellington is really nice city, not too big, not too small (around 300,000 people living here) with a nice location in hilly gulf (in some points it reminded me of San Francisco).
Most typical picture of Wellington: city panorama with cable car
City panorama from the other side - Mt Victoria
San Francisco or Wellington?
Wellington is home to the Te Papa Museum of New Zealand - huge 6 floor, very interactive and interesting museum. Really impressive.
The biggest squid ever caught - in Te Papa museum.
The location of the international airport in Wellington is very interesting - right next to city centre in between two bays - basically the runway begins and ends on the waterfront.
Hungover sightseeing :) Btw. Wellington night-life is the best that I experienced in NZ so far (but still sucks in comparison with Europe)
So, that's it North Island, I'm writing this post while waiting to board the ferry to the South Island. It is now 6 months and 2 days since I arrived in NZ, so the timing is perfect - I have exactly half of my visa time to experience the South Island. And I'm really looking forward to it :)
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