We arrived in Auckland Saturday morning at 6 am. The 13 hour flight from Los Angeles wasn't bad...just long! Customs and immigration wasn't difficult, sim card was purchased, clothes were changed and it was then just a matter of getting our car. The car rental shuttle came and picked us up and we had our wheels soon there after. (Side note, everything was on the left side and you drive on the left. Jeff stopped laughing at me for continuing to flip the wipers on instead of the turn signal when it was his turn to drive...yeah, not as easy as you think it is!) By 7:30am, Jeff and I were ready, let the adventure begin! And we spent the next 2 1/2 hours completely lost! With our brand new sim card, smart phone, Google maps...who
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