We arrived in Auckland on the 15th Feb and booked oursleves into ACB (Auckland Central Backpackers), a huge and kind of impersonal hostel compaired to what we'd been used to but it was clean and had everything we could need. We spent our first couple of days exploring Auckland and nights in 'Globe' the hostel club. Picked up a local 'What's on?' kind of brochure and decided to get a ferry to the Devonport Food and Wine Festival. Really busy, really sunny, good ...

Thursday 15th Feb 2007 Bula from Fiji! Landed at Nadi airport around 6am local time on Thursday 8th Feb. After flying out of LA on Tuesday 6th...wierd! The flight took 9 hours and we slept for most of it and drooled over Xzibit in Gridiron Gang for the rest of the time. It was 21 degrees at 6am when we landed and unbelievably humid! Got free bus to our hostel - Nadi Bay resort - first impression...WOW!! After LA it felt like paradise! 2 bars, 2 pools, coconut t...