We arrived in
Auckland around noon and picked up our car from the rental agency. Driving with Chris along the
Great Ocean Road turned out to be great preparation for driving on the left side road, since I was able to make it from the airport to our hostel without incident. We met up with an Israeli man staying at the hostel and walked through the town with him. Since it was after 5, most of the town was closed – despite having nearly a third of
New Zealand’s population
Auckland is pretty tiny and closes very early!
We spent a lot of time in Alfred Park and the Auckland Domain, a set of parks on one edge of downtown. The Auckland Domain is incredible, encompassing well maintained sculpture gardens, cricket grounds, and nearly wild forest areas. The sun stays up for a long time this far south, so you can wander around outside until about 9pm before the light is bad. Which I’m sure will come in very handy once we start driving, since you really don’t want to drive at night around here, with all the curvy roads and wildlife crossing.
We arrived in 
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