Friday and a recovery day from flights, time zones and lack of sleep.
SkyCity hotel is just the job; big comfortable room and a really good buffet breakfast. Highlight of breakfast was watching the centre of operations for building a new convention centre with comings and goings of all sort of people and vehicles and the landing point for all the high crane ops.
We took our time before walking half an hour to the museum where we spent a few hours learning Mauri history as they migrated across the Pacific from the Philippines to Fiji, Hawaii, Easter Islands and eventually New Zealand.
Our walk took us across couple of parks and it was amazing to see flowers in bloom and small grass that was inviting to sit on. I hadn't really appreciated the North-South hemisphere switch in the seasons. I knew it but to experience it was different.
It also struck me that the 12 hour time difference was nothing to do with the hemisphere switch but just being 180 degrees out around the spin of the earth and whatever was North of us was also 12 hours out but in the same season as home.
Busier bit of town with all the designer brands
SkyCity tower just outside our hotel. Looks reminiscent of Russian rocket boosters.
Auckland inner harbour and the city
looking out to sea
expensive boats
"Tepid Baths"! with a focus on Tepid. Looks a bit of a wreck from outside but there is a full size vintage pool - presumably containing tepid water.
We finished the day with a great meal at Monsoon Poon though we ate so much we regretted it when trying to sleep later.
The piers at the marina were set out with food stalls, music and lights for a coming sailing week so we ambled around looking at the boats for a while before heading back for the night.
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