Epilogue

And with that our travels were pretty much over. We drove over to christchurch, the largest city in the South Island, where my filght back to auckland was due to depart in the morning. We had a couple of beers and reminisced over our trip whilst watching the All Blacks take the Tri Nations cup with their victory over the Aussies.
Christchurch actually looks like a place worth a visit, more european in style than Auckland, with some nice monuments and some actual evidence of city planning (not a fair comparison I suppose).


But grumblings about Auckland and poor public transport are a different story.

For now, all is left is the memory of an awesome trip. I just wish I had had more time. And some hand cream, perhaps.