22nd January 2019 - Auckland

We thought that by having a night flight from Hong Kong we would manage a few hours sleep. How wrong we were! Even with the luxury of being able to lay down, Geoff slept not a wink and I managed very little. It was a bumpy flight too which probably didn’t help! However as we came into land there was a real excitement that the country we had for so long hoped to be able to visit was just in sight. (Not great views as we were in the middle section of the plane so couldn’t really see too much out of the windows!) We arrived at our hotel in the centre of town about 3pm and apart from 20 minutes nap have managed to stay awake until now and it’s 9pm! That’s over 30 hours with no real sleep!!Let’s hope we sleep well tonight as tomorrow we pick up our hire car and start driving north!

However we have managed to get out and explore the local area and down to the harbour where there are a huge number of bars and restaurants to suit all tastes. Geoff decided fish and chips were the most comforting food to eat!

I think he looks remarkably bright and breezy!!! However that is not how we are feeling so it’s goodnight from us! Xxx