How many hours in a plane?
I just took a picture out of the window trying to capture the sigh of a full moon above the winf of the aircraft. It looked amazing but I doubt the picture will come out very well, at least the review of it on my camera did not do it justice.
Taking a wander back to the loo I realize how lucky I am to be in premium economy. I moved to a bulkhead seat after take off so have a little room to move.
I have a few different emotions going on right now - If I think of the trip ahead I get fairly excited, a little anxious of the unknown and sad when I think of leaving my folks behind. I will miss them. I have another long flight after I get offthis one and am certain I will be relieved to get to Auckland on Sunday morning (sorry for any errors but this keyboard is really bad!)
We landed in Tahiti for a stopover at 6am PST (US), I have no idea how long I have been flying but it feels like forever. Tahiti is humid. We got the royal treatment of 3 men playing guitars and ladies handing out flowers for putting in our hair, I realized this after putting mine in my pocket - well hey I am not used to this island life.
This airport is lovely though, open plan, modern, nice gardens and flowers all around, I took more pics which may not come out - shame - it is very pretty here. we have an hour wait here before we take off for the 5 hours to Auckland. I am trying to wonder what state I will be in at that time.
The hostel is a bit of a dump but everyone here says it is much better than other ones….not sure if i will get used to hostels….
It seems a bit cliquey here too, but early days yet.
I wandered up Mt Eden and took some great shots of the city and harbor area which i will post here when I can. I have not slept at all really so not sure what is keeping me going. As I type this I feel pretty groggy and it is only 2pm here.
All in all from taking off at Heathrow to landing at Auckland was around 30 hours! Boy will I get some sleep tonite….
Tags: New Zealand
