Auckland...

As mentioned before, Auckland was our rainy port.  We went to the Skytower  - the view must be better on a clear day...

From the base..

 

And for the adventurous, the opportunity to jump off of the top.

 Describing the glass floor panels

Robert tempting fate...at least he wasn't jumping like some

  Our ship (on the right)

 

 Official looking buildings in the distance...

And, just in case you were hungry for Mexican...

Who Doesn't Love a Penguin

The rainiest day we had in port was at Auckland.  It was a rather dreary day...perfect for a visit to Kelly Tarlton's Sea Life Aquarium...

These guys were my favorites.   King Penguins are larger than I expected. (To Do...schedule trip to Antarctica)  Some were aggressive and would come right over to where you were standing behind the glass in an attempt to intimidate.  That seems to work as they always win and the tourists walk on... :)

 That's a baby sitting under mom.

 Here's a mother turning her egg.

One of the exhibits was a conveyor belt to ride on with the aquarium built around it.  That made for some interesting pictures of the bottoms of things...such as this starfish.

 An octopus...

 Crabs

 They had several tanks with sea horses in them. 

These lobsters were well fed and huge...

 And a living coral reef...

This Aquarium was built in an old sewer and they did an amazing job with it.