Kat and I arrived into Wellington, New Zealand last night. Elizabeth was waiting for us at the airport, and it was so good to see her again!!! We arrived into Wellington on a very good day for two reasons: it's Waitangi Day and it's also the Sevens tournement of rugby. After showering 30 hours of grunge off at Elizabeths superb pad we walked to downtown and were greeted by a city full of Kiwis that were dressed in outlandish costumes that all seemed to have refreshed themselves with no less than two gallons of beer each (or seven and a half liters, as they'd say). Even though we were exhausted and jet-lagged it was impossible not to get into the fray and enjoy ourselves. Kiwi's really know how to have a good time!
Our travels getting here were pretty hairy and there were lots of close calls and miracles that happened to ourselves and our luggage. But everything made it in the end! We flew from Seattle to LA (LAX sucks. It really sucks!), then to Papeete, Tahiti, then to Auckland, NZ, and then on the Wellington, NZ. From the Papeete airport we could see the island of Mo'orea that we had planned on visiting. It definitely gave us some motivation to get some kind of reparation from Orbitz for missing our entire Tahiti vacation.
Lastly, and far most important, Kat and I owe a lot of thanks to many folks back home for helping us out! There's no way we could have done this without the help of all our friends and family back home. We really appreciate it everyone! Thank you so much!
A few facts: it is roughly 8,000 miles to fly from Seattle to Wellington. We left Feb 4th at 3pm and arrived into Wellington on Feb 6th at 7pm local time. An entire day is missing for me! I will never have a Feb 5th, 2009 in my life. Good thing I don't keep a journal. Anyways, that makes for about 31 hours of travel time.
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