Me and Nikki will have been with Susi and Dale for a week on Wednesday, and we think that they will have put up with us for long enough by then, so we figured we would try and sort our campervan today, so that we can plan our road trip. Nikki rang a few companies and then we headed into town to check some out.
Mia, Susi's friend, gave us a lift to the bus-stop (which is about 1 mile from the house) and we caught the bus into Takapuna. We didn't look around, just caught another bus straight into Auckland city centre.
When we got off we headed for a place called The Strand, which is where one of the camper van companies, Jucy Rentals, is based. As soon as we saw the little van, we knew it was the one we wanted, plus the company was offering a really good deal - so we put down a deposit and arranged to pick it up Wednesday morning... yippee!
With that sorted we had a look around Auckland. Nikki's Mum had mentioned that her Great Grandad's name was on a plaque somewhere in the harbour - so we had a look for that, but couldn't find it. We had some sushi for lunch (i've got Nikki hooked) and then went up the Auckland Sky Tower.
The Sky Tower is the highest structure in the Southern Hemisphere and we caught the lift to the top observation deck. Unlike the Stratosphere in Las Vegas, the views from here were amazing! Auckland is quite a large city, but is surrounded by green volcanic formed mountains and loads of water. It was beautiful.
Part of the floor of the observation deck is glass and so you can walk around and see the city below. When Nikki (the wimp) started walking on it I knew I had to go one better so I led down on it and then when she told me to get up, started jumping up and down...
Dale picked us up when he had finished work and drove us back to his house, where Susi had cooked us an Indonesian meal for tea.
Don't worry Susi and Dale, we'll be out of your hair soon!
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