Well it looks like I haven't quite got this blog thing figured out. Did a long monologue and tried to add some pics but lost the monologue and the first set of pics so here goes again. We arrived at 5:30am while it was still dark so couldn't see the lush green landscape. Went through customs and baggage xraying and then caught a taxi to Auckland about 20km or so. Taxi cost? $95 compared to $22 last time I was here. Seems everything is going up in price, $16 for a...