September 9 - 11 Los Angeles - Nadi - Auckland - Tauranga

Body clock so messed up, up at 5:00am. Walk around Hollywood Blvd, taking the usual tourist pictures around Mann's Chinese Theatre. End up for coffee in some diner (again) called Shelly's. Supposedly they filmed part of Million Dollar Baby there. Great coffee!!!End up walking around Hollywood and up into the hills to nosey at rich people's mansions. After shop lots and then go to the airport for the next leg of our journey.















Leave LA on the 9th and arrive in Auckland (via Nadi, Fiji) on the 11th. Have lost a full day. Body clock very messed up now. Get our bags and hire a car. Then drive to Tauranga. Absolutley exhausted and keep thinking to myself maybe I shouldn't be driving. Luckily the scenery is beautiful and the country is not soo different from the UK. In fact all I can think is how much this part of the country is like the UK countryside! Also, the roads are almost empty and the drivers are so laid back. Most seem to drive extremely slow as well, which is fine by me.

Take our time and visit Wahei beach. Get to Tauranga.Get into town and get beeped a few times. Wonder why and then realise why. It's NZ road rules. Very strange. They have this crazy trun right rule. Here are two example of this silly rule;











Check into our hostel and take a walk around the town. It's a very nice seaside town, but too tired to appreciate anything. End up in bed at 8pm.