We flew back to Auckland from the Cook Islands though this time we managed to get out of the airport as we had a long series of flights to get to Alaska, which was our next destination. As usual, we hadn’t booked a hotel and because we had arrived in the middle of the night, struggled for a while with our Russian taxi driver taking us to some places he thought would be open. We eventually came across a pretty decent hostel that let us in where we grabbed some much needed sleep. That day, we had heard there was a ‘Boobs and Bikes’ parade in the town centre. We couldn’t really pass up on this so headed out when it was due to start. We knew were in the right place when there was loads
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