On the ground in New Zealand: Day 2

David Farrar, a local, points out why my internet access is so expensive, but lets me know that relief is on the horizon. I'm staying at the Intercontinental, so I hope that access is free here as well!

thanks to certain monopolies can be very high but once the meeting starts on Sunday you should have free wireless in your hotel.

– via Random Bytes

The instant I unplugged my wireline last night, my laptop immediately found a hotspot called "Cafenet" $10 NZD per 24 hours. Not a bad deal. I signed up, but access from my room is incredibly flaky so I've been using a combination of the two feeds. Turns out that I've managed to find the most expensive solution :)

Not a lot on the go this morning - I'm completely in the local time zone groove thanks to the magical properties of encapsulated Melatonin.

Just about to head out for breakfast and then I'll be doing some local exploring until my first meeting. Nothing too exotic, but hopefully interesting nonetheless. Perhaps pictures later.

The New Zealand dollar is worth approximately 2/3rds of a Canadian dollar. Now I get to find out what it used to be like for Americans coming to Canada :)