Day 2

Today was spent exploring a lot of tourist attractions, which I have to admit were pretty cool. We started our day at the Auckland Museum. I learned a lot about the Maori people and New Zealand history in general. The Maori people remind me a lot of the natives of Hawaii. Their traditional outfits consisted of skirts much like what we think of our Native Americans. The bead work and wood work is incredible. I took some pictures of things in the museum which you can see if you follow the link. 

While at the museum, our group payed to see the cultural show. Here we got to see how the Maori people performed many of their tribal dances. They were amazing! I have a video I will post at some point for anyone to see.

The next stop was the underworld aquarium. Probably the coolest aquarium I have been to. I got to see sting rays getting fed, penguins, and sharks. I have posted some pictures from here also. 

An interesting fact I learned about Auckland, NZ, is that it is built upon many volcano's that are dormant. The volcanos can be seen from all over the city. There are even houses built on them! Kind of scary if you ask me!