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Although our visit was Brief, and we spent the whole of 3 hours on the island, IT STILL COUNTS!!
The way I measure if it counts or not, is if I can buy my mum a keyring or not! Its an ongoing tradition, (dont ask).
Which I did manage, I havent a clue how much it cost, but it was bought!
Anyway the flight from Auckland departed just after 2pm on 21st April, This is where it begins to get confusing!! So shortly after we were up above the clouds we were fed... then an hour or so later, it got dark, and we had crossed the international date line, therefore we had just stepped back in time, and it was now 8pm on 20th April.
And aproximately, this is where the storm struck!! Being in the middle of the pacific ocean, the storms must mount up incredibly!! The plane started rocking around and banging all over the place... If I shut my eyes it sounded and felt as though we were on a coach, and going over heaps of pot holes..... but no were in the sky.. Terrifying!!
I honestly thought I wouldnt get to write on this blog again :(
Anyway we landed into Tahiti airport, and was greeted by two locals singing and strumming their guitars..
And although we were only in transit, we went through the most vigerous airport security EVER!.. We had to scan everything again, and unpack our hand luggage bags, and had a very intimate pat down - I wasnt singled out - it happened to every single transit passenger..... weird.
We sat in the airport lounge for a couple of hours before re-boarding again!! And same thing, shortly after reaching 42,000feet we were served food. We both thn spent the next 8 hours attempting to sleep!!
Time passed terribly slow, and painfully uncomfortable, but im pleased to say - We made it across the Pacific in one piece. and are now in Los Angeles, waiting for the final stage of our trip to begin. This will begin in just over 1 hour, when we have collected Joe, Lukes Little brother from the airport.
So over and out for now.
xxxxxx
(PS, we have hired a Mustang!! I am in love with the car - its white and its a convertible, and is brand new!... yes im bragging!!)
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