Hello Auckland,Buenos Aires here we come

Up early to see Pip and Shaun before they left for work and to admire their new place in Freeman’s Bay, in the daylight- v v nice.
What was also nice was the fact there was a great coffee shop across the road so off we went for a coffee and the newspaper and to watch the morning city business happen.
Next it was a 15 min walk down to Auckland Viaduct admiring the beautiful boats in the marina and enjoying the sunshine.
We were just crossing Wynyard bridge when we were asked to move over by 2 x police on electric bikes... they stop.... because K knows Leah!! Leah has been up in PNG and we had had drinks with her before we left in June..... it’s a small country!!
We had a great catch up including about their trial of ebikes before they cycled off.
Back to Pips place we picked up our gear and got a Minishuttle service out to the airport- a great service for only $5 more than the bus.
We actually got dropped off at the shopping centre and got some last minute toiletries, a cask of wine for the boat trip, a new singlet each from the icebreaker outlet store and what happens..... we bump into another old police friend of K’s!! This time Andrew Wong who had also worked a stint in Bougainville- seriously!!
Before we met half of Auckland’s police force we left and walked ourselves to the international terminal.
Check in with LATAM was pretty slow but uneventful and the security screening in the new area was seem less.
It’s now 30 mins until boarding for our flight to Buenos Aires via Santiago.
For people who we haven’t caught up with we have managed to score the most unbelievable deal (75% discount) on a 19 day boat trip to Falklands, South Georgia and the Antarctic Peninsula ( I know we r total wankers but it was too good not to go!!)
Due to this we have started Part 2 of our travels 3 weeks early but still plan to be back in July for K’s oncology review...,, we may just not be able to afford to eat for the last month!!
Due to the boat trip we will not have WiFi for the whole time we r on the boat but i will just save as draft our v annoying posts and then post them once we get back to land and get WiFi..... please don’t read them if u r going to hate us!!Read more