I catched the first view of Auckland in the sunny morning light from the plane window and immediately understood what was meant by the city being build on volcanic crates. They were numerous, everywhere in different states of faunic recapture. It was so green and beautiful after weeks of constant dust in Nepal.

The first leg of my visit was exclusively comprised of re-organization. I needed to find out where and how to travel, I needed a camera (desperately, no pictures here :(), and I needed to settle into the fact that I was traveling alone from now. By the end of my second day I knew every outdoor shop and it’s selection of tents in Auckland.
Auckland turned out to be a good place for all these things. The hostel was packed with people, all having good advices (even though most were traveling by car). The shops were on their big Christmas sale, so I got some really good deals for a tent and a camera. It turned out that one girl in the hostel was a hairdresser, so I got my hair comfortably one evening and quite cheap.

Actually the second time in Auckland were only a 24 h stay. So there was not much more sight seeing here either, but a nice dinner and some re-packing of Backpacks.