Under the shade of a Coolibah tree

At the Auckland airport I cruised through security without even a ID check, guess they figure New Zealand is under the radar and doesn’t need to have quite the security that America does. Oh and here we are not from America we are from “The States” because America is a two continent area that is not specific enough. Well we arrived in Wellington and checked in at hostel number one. It was nice, we were in the “sanctuary” which included a free towel, shampoo, and glass of campaign and the bar down stairs. We toured Wellington with full force. In one day we saw the Botanical gardens, the Parliament complex, and learned everything ANYONE would want to know about Lord of the Rings. And of course not being too much of a fantasy fiction buff I went in having no idea what all went into that movie. I came out of our tour with a new appreciation for the film and wanting to see it again to see the locations and tricks learned from the tour. Due to it being a slow day Suzanne and I were the only participants on the tour so are wanna-be hobbit guide gave us an even more in-depth tour that even included feeding the eels in a local creek in attempt for him to try and take underwater pictures of them. Although the photographs were unsuccessful it was incredible and disgusting to see the eels so up close and personal. At the end of the day Suzanne and I hobbled around the city back to our hostel with her left knee front and my left knee back seriously hurting. We sat on our beds just to get settled in with every intention to go back out but ending up getting a much needed full night of rest.