The City of Sails - Auckland 帆船之城奥克兰

Auckland is a beautiful harbourside city, and also it is New Zealand's biggest city, with around 1.5 million people which is about one third of the population of New Zealand. It is called the "City of Sails" because boating is a very popular sport here; every day in the harbour there are many boats sailing around to the little islands the are located around the harbour. The world's biggest sailing race - The America's Cup, was held in this harbour twice. The New Zealand team - black magic, was the second team in the 100 year history of the cup to win it off the Americans. Sky Tower, which is the picture on the right hand side, is the most recognisable landmark in Auckland. It is 328 meters tall, and visible from nearly anywhere in Auckland. At the top of the tower there are 2 gorgeous restaurants. Some parts of the observation level have glass floors, where you can stand and look down from about 250 meters to the ground below. It is a very special feeling which you should come and try yourself. Auckland is also home to New Zealand's best university - the University of Auckland. It covers a vast area of central Auckland, and includes many nice, old buildings. The main road of Auckland is Queen Street, where you can eat and buy many clothes, music, maori decorations and many other things such as souvenirs. Auckland has over 70000 Chinese people, but interestingly, unlike the other big cities in the world, there is no one place called China Town. Rather, you can find Chinese Restaurants and grocery stores sprinkled around the city, so perhaps there's no need for a China Town. I was personally surprised to come here and find so many people from my home town. I can use Chinese to speak everywhere if I want to, so some times I feel that everywhere is China Town in central Auckland. So here I am studing and living in this beautiful Auckland. I like it here and I'm looking forward to travelling all around New Zealand sometime! Just select one of the links below to view the pictures!

	1: The City of Sails - Auckland 帆船之城奥克兰
	2: Downtown Auckland's Buildings
	3: Auckland from High