Not the Bay of Islands - Auckland New Zealand - Day 23 of 164 Days Around the World Cruise

Unprecedented bad weather has prevented us from anchoring in the Bay of Islands. New Zealand has experienced a summers worth of rain in one day. So we are heading straight to Auckland and will arrive this evening. We will be staying in Auckland for 3 nights. We hope we will be able to enjoy our time there, although rain continues on the forecast for the next few days. Auckland New Zealand This is what we missed at The Bay of Islands: The Hundertwasser Toilets The Hundertwasser Toilets is a public toilet located at 60 Gillies Street, the main street of the town of Kawakawa in northern New Zealand. The structure was completed in 1999 and named after the architect and visual artist Friedensreich Hundertwasser, who conceived and designed the project. It is one of the few toilet blocks worldwide seen both as an international work of art[1] and a tourist attraction in its own right. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hundertwasser_Toilets Waitomo Glowworm Caves Located in Waitomo on the North Island of New Zealand are magnificently illuminated caves. These caves are illuminated by millions of Glowworms, only indigenous to the nation of New Zealand. Within these caves is a river that flows through entirely through it, and a central Glowworm Grotto where the majority of the luminescent worms live. https://sites.psu.edu/natesnatureblog/2013/11/20/waitomo-glowworm-caves/ Hokey Pokey Hokey Pokey is a flavour of ice cream in New Zealand, consisting of plain vanilla ice cream with small, solid lumps of honeycomb toffee. Hokey pokey is the New Zealand term for honeycomb toffee. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hokey_pokey_(ice_cream) #myvikingstory, #aroundtheworldcruise, #worldcruise, #travelwolfe, #vikingcruise, #travelwolf