Arrival in Hamilton.

I just landed in New Zealand after a long flight and I’m happy to note the clear blue skies and sunny days. After arriving at the Auckland Airport I took a bus to Hamilton. This was an experience of its own. Having young adults on the trip, made it more interesting as they played music, sang and danced in their seats. Being older than some of the other passengers, I took in the scenery along the way but couldn’t help get bought back to the younger passengers. Being locals to Hamilton they helped point out some key attractions while I was visiting. They mentioned the Hamilton V8’S and Fieldays along with the drinking culture. It was bought to my attention that they where mentioning activities and attractions that where targeted to the younger audience. Other passenger mentioned attractions like the Hamilton Garden, river Cruises, Museum and Waitomo Caves, all which appealed to me.I settled into my room before catching a taxi to show me around Hamilton. While I only got a brief look of the city I enjoyed the beauty I saw. I am interested to see the events that take place in Hamilton and how they are impacting the locals and tourists.

View this website for a video of Hamilton: http://hamilton.co.nz/page/pageid/2145827174/Hamilton_Video

For further information go to this website: http://www.hamilton.co.nz/

Day One-In Airport

Hello everyone, I am stuck in the London Airport waiting for the ash to settle so I can embark on my journey to Waikato, New Zealand. I have heard so many good things about the country but until I land it’s all hear say. This is my first entry to my blog so thought I would introduce myself. My name is Hazel Tucker and my aim for this blog is to travel the Waikato area relating to the identity of age. I will be drawing on my readings "Performing a Young People’s Packaged Tour of New Zealand" and "Narratives of place and self". By doing this I hope to develop a relationship between the youth of Waikato by visiting places such as local nightclubs and Hamilton Gardens. Hamilton is not well known for being a tourism hotspot, so I hope that by visiting these attractions I can demonstrate the difference a tourist’s age makes on their tourism experience.