After a very long flight of 14 hours and missing Monday the 6th of Dec, we arrived early in Auckland int he North Island and waited at the airport for Beth to arrive from LA. We then caught a shuttle to the hostel which was in teh centre of Auckland and left our bags in storage until check-in time so we could take a very tired walk around the city, the centre wasn't very big and we walked through the park, the uni campus, had some lunch and saw an interesting outdoor photography exhibition before finally checking-in and taking a much needed shower. We then headed dow to the harbour area and saw some nice boats including some America's cup yachts. Then had an early dinner and an early night. Wednesday 8th Dec- We waited outside
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