Auckland: Part II

Auckland Part II was quite a bit more exciting than Auckland Part I. I arrived late afternoon on Thursday and met Israeli honeymooners on their year-long 'honey-year.' We exchanged travel stories, ended up at the same hostel and went out for drinks in the evening. I awoke early in the morning to meet Dane, who is a friend of Jordan's from college. Dane is a pilot who took me up in a small Cessna for a birdseye view of Auckland and the surrounds. The city looked beautiful bathed in the morning light and the sharp turns at 3.5 Gs made for a great start to the day. We went out for brunch and exchanged old Jordan stories (he he) before I had to head off to the airport for my flight to Bangkok and then to China.