After the cruise we caught the coach back to Auckland. We located Queen Street Backpackers and were not that impressed with the facilities or should I say lack of. Don't trust Nick to book accommodation again! We decided that we would get over the upset of how bad the accommodation was by going out for a meal. We found an Italian place on the harbour. I had pizza and Emma had a spicy tomato pasta dish. They were both very good! We walked back to our dive of a ...

We finally arrive after the 12 and a half hour flight from LA to Auckland! Customs has been interesting throughout the trip, what with the unknown contents of packages in my bag (emma's birthday presents) and the bio-hazardous substances on the bottom of emma's boots that threatened to get us refused entry. Anyway, we made it!