The first full day in Auckland was spent wandering around and seeing what was around. We went back down to the Viaduct Harbour where we first came in via the ferry. Some of the super yachts down there were incredible, worth hundreds of millions and they looked like it to. Now I just need to work out a way to get rich enough to get one!In other spectacular news, on the second night in the city, we managed to do our washing and didn't ruin, shrink or destroy any of our clothes; Mum should be proud!
After a slightly delayed start on the second day due to laziness (11:30am before we were out the hostel), we headed over to the main attraction, the Sky Tower. As you would expect there are great 360 degree views from the top, though the cafe left a lot to be desired, including my chocolate muffin which they ran out of! We headed up again later for an additional $2 with the intention of watching the sun-set and seeing Auckland at night but the clouds closed in so we gave up and went back to the hostel. we finally got round to writing the postcards we bought in San Fran; we also marked some places on a map where we wanted to go, the beginnings of a plan possibly!
I had planned to get up early the next day to go and climb Mt Eden, however as with everything that involves early starts and me it didn't really happen... I left the room around 10am, Holly wasn't keen so I went on my own. It was around 40 minute walk to the bottom from the hostel so I got to see the other side of the city, going away from the harbour. The climb itself wasn't too bad apart from how humid it was, but from the top the views were great. I had to eventually head back down because I could see the rain coming.
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