Exotic Auckland?

imme

Some airline was advertising on RTE recently, Emirates I think.
They were advertising destinations in the Far East and Aus/NZ.

One of the destinations was described as 'exotic Auckland'.

Having spent two or three weeks there, last year, exotic is not one of the ways I'd describe Auckland.

Admittedly I was there in wintertime.

Well, is exotic appropriate for Auckland. :cool:

Mrs OBumble

imme wrote: »

Well, is exotic appropriate for Auckland. :cool:

Certain parts of South Auckland can look more like a Pacific Island than some Pacific Islands.

(Known as South Sea Islands to some folks from the northern hemisphere ...)

Cookie_Monster

exotic, not really. It is for all purposes a European city displaced

tropical, probably but there's nothing that unusual in comparison to any other city. Maybe the countryside surrounding it could be exotic to an Emiratie (sp?), lush rolling hills, ferns, odd creatures. would fit the definition of exotic in comparison to the desert and scrub like areas of the UAE...

spunkymunky

Maybe not the inner working of the city but towards the coast. Some of beaches are stunning. Sit on Browns bay beach, lovely view and beautiful water. sit on Taka and tell me the views of rangitoto and the islands further out are not amazing!!
If you include the likes of Waiheike and say Rangitoto....Pretty clear water, "Exotic" surrounding in thats its a little surreal (Rangitoto anyway).
Is Orewa part of Auckland these days.....beautiful up there

Landa2

Pehaps they are just generalising, Bay of Islands not being far away.. that i would class as being reasonabley exotic.