Greetings from the Southern Hemisphere

Friday June 17th 1:10pm


After a bit of a dogdy start - teary goodbye with mom and dad, run in with the security buckets, rude continental agent who told me i wouldn't be flying first class, getting the last seat on the plane, you know the one againgst the bathrooms where the seats don't recline fully.... i landed in sunny LA, boarded Qantas, got to sit upstairs (there was an upstairs!) and sit in my wonderful egg shaped flat bed seat :)

Landed just in time to see the sunrise and was greeted by a brisk 60 degrees... guess i'm about to have the fall season we missed last year.

Spent yesterday tooling around the city visiting the top of sky tower the tallest building in the southern hemisphere (still shy of the empire state building by 100 or meters). One of the guys at the hostel, Lee had a van and offered to take some of us up to Mt. Eden to see the sunset and watch the lunar eclipse with Jupiter. The view was absolutely beautiful, although it was bloody cold up there! Learned quickly how right my guide book was about New Zealanders not believing in central air. With nothing but space heaters keeping the building warm I was glad i packed my fleece.

Decided to buy myself a 55 hour flexi-pass bus ticket. I just have to book my bus the night before and it takes me from one town to another. So tomorrow I'm off to Pahia in the Bay of Islands, hopefully getting to see some dolphins and try my luck at sea-kayaking

miss ya,
L