Thursday, 10 Mar - Auckland
A query at check-in about Marijke's name on the ticket versus her name on the passport is about the only excitement the morning has on offer. Immigration doesn't seem bothered though.
We're on a 747-400, which seems big for the 3 hours to Auckland but for some that's just a stop on the way to LA, 16 hours further down the road.
Chat to the couple behind us, both from the USA and retired but nothing as exciting as a NYPD detective, they were in Insurance and Real Estate. Now fervent RV'ers, following the sun and just finishing a month in Australia. They don't seem to have covered a lot more distance than we have but admit they like staying at places for a long time. She said she could easily spend another 2 weeks in Brisbane. And I thought 2 days was enough!
We're seated in row 71 almost at the back in, where the seating is 2-4-2 instead of 3-4-3. Must remember that for our next 747-400, from Hong Kong, and check in early in order try for these seats (rows 70-74).
Get some reasonable aerial shots of Brisbane, Gold Coast and Auckland.
Landed in Auckland at 1800, 3 hours earlier than Brisbane and 12 hours difference with Amsterdam, we ATM $300 (165) and phone our lodging close to the airport, Skyway Lodge (www.skywaylodge.co.nz
Chat briefly to a young couple from Iowa who were also on the plane and who've just finished doing some missionary work in - I believe - Papua New Guinea.
Shopping: a loaf and some cheese provides for $5 provides us with our breakfast and lunch tomorrow. 3 cans of $3 beer.
It's cooler here than in Brisbane, low 20's during the day and down to 15c at night.
posted by Mark Smalley @ 4:30 PM
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