My trip to New Zealand has started out very well indeed. There was an empty seat on the plane next to me on the longer flight (10 hr) so I had a bit of room to stretch out. Transit in Fiji took FOREVER but once it was my turn there were no issues.
I got a shuttle from the Auckland Airport to the City Garden Lodge where I am staying. The only hitch (which I knew before I arrived) was that the Lodge was closed from 1-4. I arrived around 2:30. I walked around the area to acquaint myself and tried to get used to looking right when crossing the road instead of left. I have to readjust.
I found a ANZ bank here. I have an ANZ account in Australia but they said that if I withdraw money at the ATM I have to pay the International banking withdrawl fee. That seems pretty stupid as I am sure that ANZ stands for Australia New Zealand. Then I went to a Vodaphone store to check out cell phones. You can get a pretty cheap unlocked one but the cost to make a call is 89 cents per minute. Of course, incoming calls are free. I am feeling pretty cheap at the moment so I am going to hold off on buying one until I feel that I have a need for one.
The City Garden Lodge seems quite nice. Tomorrow I am going to make my ongoing travel arrangements and look into going out to a volcanic island for the day on Thursday.
Coughing/ asthma continues to be a problem but has definitely improved over the last week.
Hopefully, the next post will be more interesting.
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