Well, the sim in the phone is about 1/2" x 1" (2.54 cm X 1.27 cm) with the upper left corner trimmed off (old AT&T/Cingular) phone. Since it won't take up much room, I'll just throw it and the car charger in the bag for grins. So -
Cobie - In your opinion, which company - Vodaphone, etc. and where is the best place to pick up a sim card (and a phone if need be)? Airport or somewhere around Auckland? We'll start out on the North Island for several days before we head to the south island, so I would like coverage both places. Looks like you're south west of Auckland, so I think the closest we'll be to Hamilton is when we are in Auckland or Rotura. If we can hook up that would be great!
Mark - Thanks for asking for me. If you could get to him to check the sim card size without a lot of trouble, and where he bought it/phone and from who, I'd really appreciate it.
Alain and I will be renting ST1300s from Te Waipounamu, picking them up in Auckland and dropping them off in Christchurch. All of my electronics will run 120/240 (thankfully) so all I had to do was to get plug adapters for New Zealand. And the New Zealand maps appear to work great on both the Chinavasion Peaklife and Rage (I always carry a backup!). I've actually done flyovers on the GPS to make sure my routes don't make me get GPSed (GPissed - when your GPS takes you in tight circles or off on some crazy tangent!)
Te will also be providing paper maps and I have the New Zealand Motorcycle Atlas and Peter Mitchell's book, plus Keith Hooper (Around The Right Way) who has ridden a bunch down there, and another gentleman, Stephen, who lives down there, to look at my routes and offer suggestions. And Ole Geezer was kind enough to mail me a map that he used. Also got an appointment with TSA Pre Check to see if I can get an easier check in procedure. So needless to say, it is very hard to focus on work with this adventure coming up soon! ;-)
