T-1 Days
Great nights sleep at Sudima Hotel at Auckland Airport but an early start with shuttle bus collection at 5:45am for 6:15am check-in.
Easy flow through airport with time for breakfast at Best Ugly Bagel before boarding flight at 8:15am. Slightly smaller plane than the initial thoughts when wandering down to the gateway but beggars can’t be choosers.
Noise cancellation headphones on, sit back and binge watch Threadstone TV series. Touchdown in Adelaide 10:30am ahead of schedule. Nice flight but rear of plane seats meant a long delay in disembarking. Still on the bright side we were less than 20 minutes in customs and bag collect.
Taxi to Ibis Adelaide hotel for early bag drop off. Great welcome at Ibis and with room ready we were able to drop bags off and go to Avis to collect rental car (the beast). Parked close to hotel as arranged with Ibis and back to room to assemble bike and check for damage in transit. Luckily no damage so pleased with that as could have been a disaster.
The afternoon gave us time to shop for supplies for the trip. A highlight being a meeting with the nice people at Giant Cycles in Adelaide city (Hindmarsh Square) who were somewhat in awe of our intended ride!
This evening we are to collect Sam from airport, have dinner, finalise plans for tomorrow, assemble his bike, make any last minute adjustments then get a good nights sleep before the big day.
