Got a taxi from the airport to the hotel and checked in at about 2200, major jet lag at this point. Did not get to sleep until after midnight, even then woke up at 0630 morning, fell back to sleep and woke up again at 0745. At that point decided to get up and get some breakfast. After that needed to get into the city and find a tourist information desk, which I found at the Auckland Sky Tower (where you can do a bungee jump from). Needed to get some travel advic...

Today (17th June) still suffering from chronic jet lag and after losing an entire day due to the crossing of the International date line (always wanted to do that, lol!!) got up and got ready for breakfast (wanted to make sure I had something to eat this morning). After breakfast I got finished packing and then checkout of the hotel and then made my way to the airport by taxi for the 11:05 flight to Auckland. But alas, when I got to the airport found out that the...