My first day in Auckland was quite fun.
I met CouchSurfer Brent from Canada (he was on the same flight from LA as I was) and we shared the pain of going through all those immigration and customs screening.
Taking the shuttle from the airport into downtown Auckland, we first went to Auckland Central Backpackers to drop off our bags, so we could walk around the city without carrying too much wight with us.
After having our first Kiwi breakfast, we went to Albert park, checked out the university campus where some students kindly shared their internet account with us, walked along K street and finally went up the SkyTower – the highest structure of the southern hemisphere. After walking for half the day, we sat down, had some ice cream and just relaxed in the sun – which gave me a slight sunburn, even though it was just 19 degrees (Celsius) and quite windy. Obviously the atmosphere is missing some ozone down here.
