Hello all. Well, we survived L.A. and the 12 hour flight and arrived in Auckland at 6:00am this morning (it's about 10am now). We are going to catch a bus up north to the Bay of Islands at 11am. Today is a national holiday in NZ and I guess there are big celebrations going on up there. This is also where the good scuba diving is. The flight was actually not that bad - I think we all managed a few hours of sleep. Auckland is pretty cool. We've just been walking around by the boats and up Queen St. It's about a 4 hour trip up north. That's all for now - sorry, nothing too exciting yet. More later.