New Zealand

Auckland

The airport at Melbourne was pretty anal about a lot of things, check in times, security issues and the likes but we had no problems really. It was a shame that our lounge only opened an hour before we were due to take off, but we still got some lunch in! Air New Zealand were really good, and especially Margot in the cabin crew who was excellent with Jenni. Also sat next to Jenni was a young girl who liked a chat, so kept Jenni pretty occupied throughout the flight and therefore it was no problem. Food was good too, Shepherds pie :)

We were due to pick up a campervan on arrival, but we put it back a day due to our arrival time. Just as well as we bought some booze, got stopped at customs as we'd been camping in Australia and then took time to get our bags. So we stayed at an airport hotel, it was OK, nothing special and were picked up next day by Jucy...

After the usual rigmarole of getting the camper, we headed into Auckland City, found somewhere to park and had lunch. Discussing our options we decided it would be best to stay in a hotel in the city. We chose one in good proximity to Sky Tower, SkyCity, Les Mills and the city centre. It also had free parking and free wireless internet, so it was an Asian run hotel, yes!! I went for a haircut, we went to the sky tower and generally wandered around the city.