Post #147 - March 7, 2013 - Auckland, New Zealand (draft)

What we did: flight to New Zealand, checked into hostel
Budget: NZ$150/$125; NZ$85/$71

• Slept most of flight
• Served us breakfast; Patty’s was cold
• Landed in New Zealand at 5pm local time, which is 6 hours ahead of Thailand
• We were feeling pretty tired and jet lagged
• Made our way through customs
• Grabbed our bags
• Asked at information desk how to get downtown
• Took a bus to downtown for NZ$32, total
• Realized at this point NZ would be expensive
• Bus took us almost directly to our hostel
• It was a little hard to find, but on our second pass of a small street Patty saw it
• Checked in, showered
• Went to a small convenience store and picked up some soups
• Looked for some medicine for my throat because it was very sore, but found none
• Went back to hostel to eat soup; not much of a dinner but we weren't that hungry
• Spent some time on the internet
• Went to bed around midnight