Omaha, Auckland, NZ Sat 13th Feb 0800h The Arrival. Hi guys, blog 2 I hope. Well, we arrived safely on Thursday lunchtime after a reasonably comfortable passage (largely thanks to our friend Danny from Penang who nobly obtained us exit seats on both legs). Picked up a hire car, and made it to Ian and Nikki's after a couple of hours’ drive. They are at Omaha, on the very crinkly coast just Northeast of Auckland. I and N own, amongst other things, two “baches”, a sort of seaside (or countryside) pied a terre used widely across NZ for leisure/escape purposes.. Ian and Nikki generally let theirs, but at the moment, they are occupying one and ourselves the other (see photos). We have been made immensely welcome, fed, and yesterday had a guided tour of the neighbourhood,
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