It was a really long night in Nadi, Fiji after saying goodbye to Alexa, as my hostel-mate and I were appalled to find several bed bugs in our beds. It was a long, sleepless night with a very early drive back to the airport. But, my excitement grew slowly over the flight, and holy cow the North Island was so beautiful from the sky! It was so cool to also see the Coromandel Peninsula out the left-side of the plane, where my first Workaway was located!
On the flight, I finally remembered that this was the moment I had been thinking of for so long, when the plane actually touches down and I’m in NZ! But this thought had actually scared me for the past few weeks. I was scared of not having plans, of not knowing what I was doing, of not having friends or places to go, etc. But none of that was in place as I listened to Frank Turner for the final hour and as the wheels hit the tarmac. I made it off, got through security and past the very cute sniffer pup, and took public transit all the way to the Central Business District (CBD) of Auckland. Popping out of the train station and into the sunshine and wind of this coastal city was such a great moment.
