Antarctica trip Jan 2016 Part 2

NZ to Arg.
After a couple of hours layover in Auckland it was back on another plane. The Auckland International airport is pretty big but still seems to have  the same sort of stuff as the Brisbane one, booze and perfume but they replaced opals with honey.  I still had a window seat but down towards the back and luckily a spare seat beside me again. This flight seems much more crowded with a very high percentage of the passengers returning home to Argentina from holidays in Aus and NZ, in fact there are dual announcements in English and Spanish.
The sunset was spectacular and dinner, consisting of stir fry beef and rice with ice cream for desert was pretty good as is the merlot they served with the meal. The entertainment system in this plane is much better with the touch screen being much more responsive. I started off watching the Fantastic Four and while it wasn't as bad as the reports, it wasn't a particularly good movie. I'll have to find something else interesting to watch now before I try and go to sleep. Only 9 hours to go, maybe I'll have another glass of wine.
There's now just 2 hours to go and the lights in the cabin have come on and brekkie will be served soon. I dozed off a few times but didn't really get much sleep and my bum is feeling very numb at the moment. Brekkie was scrambled eggs and sausage and baked beans and hopefully the coffee will wake me up a bit.
We've come in at the bottom of Argentina and we are flying north over dry brown areas of Patagonia. From the air it looks similar to what I have seen in outback Australia around Lake Eyre. The countryside got greener the further north we flew and it ended up being overcast and drizzly when we landed in Buenos Aires. Passport control and customs went very well, my only worry was that my luggage was amongst the last to come out. :( I was getting a little worried.
After some hurried directions I found the shuttle bus stop for the hotel and after about 15 mins wait the bus turned up much to my and 3 other tourists relief. The drive to the hotel suggested that the lanes on the road were there as a suggestion rather than a rule. Even though it was overcast the grass verge beside the freeway was bring used for picnics and friendly soccer games. Checking in went smoothly and after a nice hot shower I almost feel human again. I think I'll have a little snooze before dinner and an early night in bed.