A night in the Big City

Writing this parked in an all night parking lot in downtown Auckland by the train station. I listen to the boy racers as they tear down the empty streets of the City. I spent the day wandering around town now I’m waiting for the night to finish. I make friends with the car park security guy and park my van next to his car. It should be quite safe.
I popped into an Asian food store and buy a bowl of instant noodles so I won’t have to wash out the jetboil in the morning. It’s the only place open except the strip joints and escort places; apparently this is the red light district.
It’s been a while since I have been in a city. I have always stayed on the out skirts or suburbs when I have been close to an urban area. At least since the first night I slept in the van in Wellington. But this is a very different place from the Windy City. Harder, meaner, you can almost taste the difference in the air. People have that city stare that says I don’t want to acknowledge you and visa versa. In the morning I will be hoping on a ferry to the Great Barrier Island. Not to paddle but to watch an opening ceremony with Andy Smyithers who will be working for the OPC on the Island.
Many important people will be there. Then we are going to have a few days to paddle. One day in the city is enough. I have been planning on how I can offload the car and the boat. I should start doing the legwork as soon as possible. But I think I still can wait until the final week to worry about things like that. It has been a necessary down day. The Fab four should all be winging there way home by now. Their hosts should all be fast asleep. I’m almost ready for sleep I think that it will be a ear plug night tonight. I need to find some quiet beach front if I am going to stay in this area. In the morning I will be hooking up with Andrew whom I met at Coast busters to go to the Great Barrier Island to attend the opening of a new Outdoors Pursuit Center on the Island