We arrived in Auckland just after lunchtime on Tuesday, after a relatively relaxing flight from Sydney. The weather was pretty drab as we hopped on the bus from the airport to the Auckland Cnetral Backpackers 'ACB' hostel in the city centre.
We decided to use Wednesday to explore the main shopping street in the city - Queen Street. We had a look for a new rucksack to replace mine which broke just as we left Sydney. On first impressions Auckland feels quite small compared to Sydney and not quite as glitzy - but the atmosphere is friendly and even a bit more laid back. New Zealand generally feels a lot more English than Oz too, with similar road signs and shops dotted all over the city. There is also a real cosmopolitan feel in Auckland too, with thousands of Chinese, Japanese and of course a large Maori population.
On the evening of our first day in the city we met up again with Katie and Nigel (Katie's Uni friends) for a beer before they headed off to Fiji for a week or so. They had just completed a 2 week your of New Zealand so it was interesting to find out what was worth seeing and doing over the next xouple of months for us.
So this is our base for the next month as we get ready to go and do some volunteering in the Auckland area. We are really looking forward to settling down somewhere for a while, as we feel like we haven't stopped for the past 5 weeks. We now have around 5 days to explore Auckland a bit before we get cracking with the volunteering!
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