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January 16, 2006
Last Day in New Zealand
We arrived in Auckland at about noon and headed straight to the place where we were finally going to get our computer screen fixed. Toshiba USA has agreed to honor the warranty internationally, even though technically it is only good in the U.S. I've been corresponding with a technician at a local shop and it looked like everything was ready to go.
We dropped off the machine and headed out to grab some lunch. When we returned the new screen was on the computer and it looked great, but they informed us that there was a problem. Toshiba Australia, who the shop would need to go through to get paid, said they would not cover the repair because the screen was physically damaged (it is hard to believe that this thing broke back on a bus in PERU!!!) and not faulty. More frustrating was the fact that while it is Monday here, it is Sunday back in the US so we couldn't contact Toshiba USA to resolve the issue. In the end the new screen came off, and the broken one was replaced. Depressing!!! Now we'll have to wait until Sydney to get it fixed.
We then drove to the Hides where we would be spending the night. Rodney wasn't home but Jiuan and Li-wen where there to get us settled after the long drive. Em and I decided to take a walk and explore the beaches to stretch our legs a bit after being in the car for basically two days straight.
On the walk as Em was picking up seashell off the sand we heard some one yell "Hey, you can't take shells off this beach!" I thought we were getting busted by some beach security guard but when we turned around we saw Rodney heading towards us. He's seen us walking on his way home and pulled over to give us a ride back up. We had to go one-at-a-time though as Rodney was driving his new Smart car that is quite a sight to behold. Check out the photo of it here.
Back at their house Jiuan made a great stir-fry dish for dinner and we had a great time talking economics and philosophy. Rodney introduced me to Menken's book Chrestomathy, which we were only torn away from when Jiuan suggested we go on a tour of the city before it got too dark.
It was a great last night in New Zealand and the Hide's are people we will definitely keep in touch with for years to come.
Posted by Peter Mork at January 16, 2006 10:22 PM
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