So what had happened was...apparently when we booked our return trip from Christchurch to Auckland, we booked it for like 8AM. This put a little wrench in our plans because we were almost 2 hours away from the airport.
Jason, being the trooper that he is, agreed to wake up at 4:30AM in order to get us from Hamner Springs down to the Christchurch airport. Seeing as I am also an early bird, I woke up with him and jumped in the front seat for our last drive in New Zealand. I did my best to stay awake, but dozed in and out as we chatted about the rest of the trip him and Emily would be continuing on with...sorry Jason.
We made it to the airport with plenty of time to grab a meat pie and some coffee before our first flight from Christchurch to Auckland. Domestic flights are so funny here - you basically just walk right through "security" without showing a boarding pass or anything. As previously mentioned, the flight from Christchurch to Auckland is about an hour and a half so not bad at all.
Once landed in Auckland around 9:30AM, we grabbed our bags and walked from the domestic to the international terminal and checked in the for our next flight about 12 hours early to get rid of our luggage. So for the next 12 hours, we shopped for postcards and trinkets and found a cool little bar/restaurant called Glampground Bar & Kitchen that we crashed at for a bit while we used our limited internet to check in with family and charged our phones before feeling guilty for being squatters so we ordered some fish & chips and a few drinks. We honestly crashed here for 3 hours or so until it was time to move along.
The rest of our layover was reserved for postcard writing, betting the purchase of meat pies on poker hands and just sitting around. It was finally time to walk to our gate where we met up with Lauren and Ian who had been on a wine tour all day. The flight left Auckland at 8:50PM on Wednesday night and my favorite part of this whole post is that we landed at 7:00AM in Honolulu on...wait for it...WEDNESDAY MORNING! So long post short, I got to live September 5th twice.
Overall, an AMAZING trip that I highly recommend. More than happy to answer any questions if anyone has any! Until then #DREAMBIG
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