Day 35 Dunedin/Aukland

Mounts Cook & Tasman

Today was regretfully our last in New Zealand.  Will we ever be back?  I think we hope so.

Mount Egmont

We were up early, had a quick breakfast and made the short trip to Dunedin airport.  We deposited the hire car and then checked in our luggage etc.  We were able to check the luggage in right through to San Francisco which was a bonus.  The flight to Aukland was about 1 1/2 hours and was very smooth.  We were able to see the peaks of mountains in the southern island which we had not seen before because of cloud and when flying over North Island we saw the unmistakable peak of mount Egmont showing above the clouds (we had not been near Mount Egmont when we were in the north). 

We  arrived in Aukland and had the long wait until 7:30 before the takeoff to San Francisco but with people watching and doing different things it was not too bad.