Arrived in Auckland. I look and feel like the fat, pasty tourist that I am. EVERYBODY is tan. The sun seems very direct here. People talk just like the blond guy in "Road Warrior". [Was that Bubba Zanetti...?]

I spent lots of money today but had to get established. The bike went together well. I keep forgetting I have a camera...

[I rode to town twice today from the house where I was staying]

[Part of the daily weather report here is 'burn time'. This refers to the amount of time you can spend outside - without sunblock - and not get burned. Any longer and you get all pink and cancerous. When I arrived, burn time was about 15 minutes.]