First time in Auckland

Our second destination was Auckland, New Zealand.

It was my first time traveling to NZ. We were going to go to where Hobbit and Lord of the Ring's movie scene but my hubby had to go back to Macau to work during CNY and we had the baby with us so we didn't go at the end =( I definitely want to go if I get the chance to go to NZ again next time.

I was also lucky to meet the founders of Ora. Ora is a natural body care brand that has their potent Mamaku extract. Mamaku is like aloe vera but with healing properties. Mamaku is also known as the black fern. They are grown in the forest and will not stop growing as it is NZ's symbol. Their #1 product is the Mamaku Revival Gel, it can "repair dry, damaged skin, including burns and scarrings, while leaving skin feeling moisturized, nourished and love" I haven't had the chance to try them yet but it sounds very good! They have 6 products - body scrub, body cream, revival gel, cooling body mist, hand cream and lip balm. Well, I will talk about it in a new blog explaining a little of their products and review of their products!

This hole apparently used to be a volcano and it exploded 500 years ago?

We went to a winery called Villa Maria just 20 minutes away from our hotel.

my little bear just woke up from the car ride.

We had a wine tasting session with 6 of their wines, 3 white 3 red.

After the winery, we went to have lunch at Waiheke Island, around 1 hour from Auckland. We took a private charter there.

We also went to another winery called the Cable Bay Winery where we had our lunch as well. The scenery is so BEAUTIFUL! We were lucky to have such a nice weather in the afternoon because it was cloudy and was raining in the morning when we went to Villa Maria Winery in the morning.

We then had a quick day tour of the island after our lunch. This island is so beautiful and quiet. Haven't seen so much green for such a long time. There's basically no greens in Macau. I don't consider the trees greenery in Macau at all.