42 hours of traveling later and I was at my hostel in Ponsonby, Auckland, New Zealand. I arrived at the hostel just after 4am on Wednesday and having been previously given the door code to enter to the hostel as directed I made myself comfortable in the lounge before the reception opened at 8am and a bed was found for me. I was soon found a bed and a shower and a change of clothes later I was feeling bright and breezy so decided to head into Auckland city. I soon found myself in the centre of the town and did some bargain hunting and became the proud owner of a new bargain priced pair of jeans. My previous jeans were shameful even for a backpacker as they had holes in the bum however I hadn't
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