Well after 2 days here we are excited to be getting on the ship. Our sleeping patterns have been shot, so for the last 2 days felt like hell. Bought a bottle of gin $58 and its local rot gut. Charge $28 to put on my credit card. Flat fee. What do you do? Sjuck it up and shell out. Last night, i thought i needed to nail it, so lots of drugs, prescribed, then 1/4 BOTTLE gin . Done. Tahiti is like Bali in 80's except no open sewers. I imagined to be like Hawaii...

Managed to get a nice car to the airport instead of the rattling bus. Somehow in booking extra luggage i lost our exit row seats. Lucky we didn't have a third-party in the seat beside me as i sat on aisle and Brad sat sideways in his seat. His legs don't fit. Ensconced in Rydges at sydney airport, very posh. Had 4.00am wakeup call. Lucky as we managed to get exit row from Sydney to Aukland. 2 hr layover but alas no exit row next leg. Poor Brad had someone bangi...