Auckland Domain

So we decided we needed a little culture outside the shopping centers. We found this at the Auckland War Memorial Muesum. The Muesum is located on top of the hill within Auckland Domain, a huge city park where they often hold open air concerts. Here we saw a cultural performance and then the rest of the muesum which was surprisingly, one of the best we have have ever seen. The displays include a virtual experience of what it would be like to be in a house in Auckland when one of the areas many volcanoes inevitably erupts. The house went black, shook, had deafening noises as well as large screen imagery of the ash coming through the fake window. So realistic in fact, that Jodi screamed and ran out of the room. Awww.







The Haka (on a small scale) Very powerful, but more so with a larger group (and larger men) more specifically the All Blacks rugby team, most of whom are easy on the eyes as well.




Linda and Jodi's escorts


Inside a Maori carved meeting house (whare whakairo)



















Above: Linda and Jodi being statues, awww a Kiwi! A giant Moa bird which used to roam NZ and is now extinct

Below: Hey, that's not the musuem, oh ya, its all the shoes we bought!! Divided by 3 of us, its not so bad...