Friday, March 30, 2007

NZ - arriving in Auckland

After a very very long journey I arrive in Auckland. For my body it is lunchtime on Monday, but as I flew over the international dateline it is actually 4am the following day (Tuesday). I clear customs, but have to get my hiking boots disinfected due to NZ's tight biodiversity laws. What to do in Auckland at 4.30am? I organise a pick up from thr airport to take me to a nearby motel so I can sleep for a few hours, knowing that I obly have about 24 hours before i have to be back at the sirport to fly to Fiji. After some well needed sleep, I gather the motivation to go sightseeing around Auckland for the afternoon. An early night is in order and after sleeping off some of the jet lag, I get up and head back to the airport...