Routine transit from San Francisco to Auckland. 3-hour drive from home to SFO, 3-hour wait
for the flight, 11-hour flight to Nadi, Fiji, another 3 hours to wait for the 3
hour flight to Auckland. 23 hours! Highlights?
Well, only a few. A pharmaceutical
assist to sleep for 8 hours! Avengers:
Endgame. Not a highlight but a good
time-suck for 3 hours, two very average meals and we land in Nadi.
The one luxury we enjoy is airport lounge access. Through a career of business credit card usage
and a bit of strategy, we get to hang out in mostly quiet, clean lounges with good
wifi and food that far exceeds that which is served in coach.
Arrived in Auckland and secured our rental car for our 22-day driving adventure. Slow but routine, then a Google Maps left-side-of-the-road journey to our first Airbnb. Tom is back into his stride again, with three of us coaching him. A walk around the center of this seaside city with a rather industrial-strength waterfront. Dinner at a little streetside Thai cafe. Four tables, we sat at two, unfortunately, it is right where the city buses idle for their pickups. A bit noisy and diesely, but good food none the less. Tomorrow, we head north!
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| Our first view of New Zealand |
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| A small park in the city, amazing trees wandering everywhere |
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| The little guys on the right are called 'money bags', full of goodies |
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