Day 66. Auckland. A bit of shopping and a lot more wine.

The rain returned with a vengance today, so plans for another boat trip were quickly binned. This gave us the opportunity to do some boring but important things, like confirm our flights to Singapore, buy some batteries and a replacement torch bulb.

Sorry, just read that back, and suspect it may be the most tedious paragraph in Blogdom.

The afternoon was better. Walked up to K Road, which I guess, is Auckland's Greenwich Village; lots of lively little cafes, scruffy ethnic eateries and interesting junk shops selling vintage clothing and...er, junk. Tempted to buy quite a bit of stuff, but realising we we're already fairly well off for junk, managed to put the wallets away unscathed.



In the evening Matt and Paul threw a little drinks bash. Most of the crowd from Sunday's BBQ came, as well as a few of their work colleagues and some random old friends. This included (and Bella, I hope you're reading this) a nice bloke called Ashley, your Google client, who reckons you should've paid me at least a hundred and fifty grand for that little freelance job I did last summer.

He sends his regards. Small world.