Day 2 – Tuesday (Part 2)

We make our way outside the airport to catch a cab into the city. We are greeted by Rayson, the taxi driver (who looks a little bit like Mr. Miyagi) and we load up and get going. Mr Miyagi take us on the scenic route to our accommodation. After a journey that takes longer than the plane flight here and with a $103 cab fare to boot, we finally arrive at the Barclay Suites in downtown Auckland. The lovely receptionist at Barclay’s informs us that they have given us an upgrade and we are also being given free wi-fi, YAY. We dump and run (our gear that is) to head out and grab a feed. We are all very tired and hungry. After a feed we head back to the apartment to put the feet up (snooze on the couch) before heading back out for dinner. We stumble on “The Viaduct” area which is down near the marina and jam packed with pretty good looking restaurants. We settle on Portofino, an Italian restaurant and it was a good choice as the food was great. The sun doesn’t go down around here until about 9pm which we like so after dinner we wonder around the city a bit. As the sun goes down and the night arrives we quickly realise that Auckland has it’s far share of freaks as the city starts to resemble “I am legend”, that movie with Will Smith and Mia is starting to show signs of that sheltered life she’s been living as her eyes are like dinner plates. We quickly dodge the freaks and escape back to the apartment and hit the sack around 11. We’re looking forward to getting out and about tomorrow.