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July 8th



up at 4:30 this morning, still adjusting to the lag. We spent the night in a Auckland hotel (mercerd)
kind of a fancy place, Helene managed to find a room on the cheep with thier website (small room on the top
floor) with the price of 95$

Auckland: not much to tell about this NZ City, one of the 3 major citys. they have a big tall tower like the CN
a market and many cafe's office buildings and all the other ingredients that make up a city. Cant say
I was impressed on any level, or dissapointed for that matter. Really I just wanted to get out of the city and
start adventuring. Helene picked up a new camera bag, and I picked up a couple bottles of a new korean drink I found
(Jinro) grabbed some grub for the road and got the hell out of there top speed! We kinda just picked a direction and
took off.

we headed north east towards Commondel a awsome little peninsula on the north island. super winding roads leading to small
towns are scatterd thoughout our route. to our surprise the sun sets at around 6pm. with no lights on the road it can
quickly become a perilious jouney. So we decide to bail we find a small town called...and with a little looking around we find a great Hostle called
BBH (Lions den)

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Photos

lions den
common room at the lions den