Auckland

Day 1
My flight landed in Auckland around 5:45am, I didn’t get much sleep on the plane but I didn’t have a seat in front of me or anyone in the middle seat so I was comfortable. I got the bus to my hostel (Grafton Backpackers) and had to stand outside for about 45 minutes until reception opened. I couldn’t check in until 1pm so I sat in reception and watched some netflix and wrote some of my blog. After I got into my room, I put all my laundry together so that I could do a couple of loads. After moving my first load over to the dryer, I walked into the center of the city to grab some food. I went to this mexican place and got a salad in a fried tortilla bowl, it was really good. I went back to the hostel, finished my laundry and then walked to Jucy Snooze hotel for a pre tour meeting with my contiki tour. The tour was a modular tour meaning that people would be joining and leaving at different times. I was doing the 14 day tour which included the north and south island but there were people who were doing 19 days and others that were just doing the north or just doing the south. After the meeting a bunch of people went out to drink but I decided to go back to my hostel to finish packing and get a good night sleep since we were leaving early. I grabbed a cup of noodles on my way back and ate that and went to bed.Read more