I flew from Brisbane to Auckland on Friday - this time with New Zealand airlines and not with Malaysian. I'm pleased to report there were no incidents involving beef steaks on the 3 hour journey but there was a terrible in flight movie featuring Reece Witherspoon. Along with storms, crashes, terrorism and lightning strikes, sickly sweet romantic comedies are just one of the many perils of aviation you need to endure. In their pioneering flight of 1903 the Wright brothers probably would have stayed airbourne for more than 350 yards if Orville hadn't turned on "Miss Congeniality" just as they left the runway.
Auckland is the largest city in New Zealand with a population of just under a million. It's surrounded by little bays and beaches and overlooked by the volcanic island of Rangitoto which is it's most famous landmark.
On Saturday we went to Takepuna, which is a small suburb of Auckland with a good walking beach and some pretty scenery. I spent an unhealthy amount of time being amused by the name (which is pronounced like a Scotsman saying 'take a poo in a') particularly when we went to Takepuna cinema in the evening.
I've never done that before, but if you've got to go, you've got to go...
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