Adelaide to Auckland

New Zealand wasn’t on my radar as a place I would visit in the near future because I had already been there as a teenager, and, because I didn’t know anyone I could stay with there, an extended sojourn there wouldn’t fit my budget as a funemployed person. However, when I extended my Midlife Crisis Flashpacking Trip, the only mileage award flight home I could find was from Auckland. So, I decided to make a short trip to NZ to check one more item off my list - the Tongariro Alpine Crossing. It also helped that Air New Zealand offered attractive fares on their B787 Dreamliner flight from Adelaide to Auckland.

It was also a neat bit of serendipity that I end my travels in the country where my wanderlust was first stoked... more on that in my epilogue.

https://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/…

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Air New Zealand NZ192 | ADL/AKL
Economy Class
Boeing 787-9 | ZK-NZH
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