Subject:
[Cycling in NZ]: email number 1. Greetings from Auckland
From:
David Maden <david@maden.ch>
Date:
Tue, 23 Nov 2010 21:33:24 +0100 [Tue, 23 Nov 2010 21:33:24 CET]
To:
cycling@maden.ch
 

Hi there,

Just a quick note to say that we got to Auckland OK. The bikes turned up undamaged, and the so-called "Biosecurity" vetted the tents and passed them to be clean.

We stayed in a hotel near the airport for the first night, getting there at 02:30 in the morning, by the time that we had reassembled the bikes. Then we cycled the 20 km into downtown Auckland yesterday morning in showery weather. Now (Wednesday morning early) it's sunny, and we're off for a trip to an island and a walk.

Tomorrow, we take a ferry to Coromandel peninsula and start the serious cycling.

Best wishes,

Kari, David and Georg