It didn't start out so well ... I hate to complain, but breakfast was pretty pathetic:
- cereal and milk, but no bowls (I had to go next door for mine)
- jam, marmalade, and toaster, but only white bread
- coffee, tea, but no juice
- no fruit
It was a killer drive: approximately 643 km. I should have stayed up last night so I could sleep on the bus, but I didn't ... so it was a tedious and painful drive for some. (I can't sit in one place for more than an hour without developing terrible lower back pain.) We did stop every hour or two, so it was bearable ... but it was pretty consistently rainy and windy, so the bus bumped and shook the whole way.
We didn't get too much traffic coming into Auckland ... I guess because it is Sunday. We started dropping folks off at their respective hotels/hostels, saying our goodbyes as they went. They had just opened up Queen Street after the Santa Claus parade this afternoon, so Thomas, Kate, and I got dropped off near our respective hotels and we waved goodbye to Sina and Caro as the bus continued on to its final stops past the huge Christmas decorations.
We had arranged one final dinner for the last six members: Thomas, Bianca, Yohan, Emma, Kate, and I. We ate at Vultures' Lane Craft Beer Bar, then said our goodbyes.
This blog will continue for the last three days of our trip: hiking Monday, kayaking Tuesday evening, and flying home on Wednesday.
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