hi everyone! dropping you a quick line from auckland airport where i am playing the much hated waiting game...the plane to la is still in melbourne cos of engineering difficulties (ie, plane is broken...not good). i was meant to leave 2 hours ago, but estimated departure is now 3am. oh what fun. auckland was heaps of fun!! well apart from the first night, when i got ripped off by the shuttle bus company, arrived at my hostel to find they'd stuffed up my booking and were full, then forgot to take note of name/address of new b&b accommodation that they kindly gave me for no extra charge, so was a bit stressed of being lost in auckland on my first night! walking through the city was fairly unpleasant too at night, i really didn't feel safe,
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