Okay.....made it to Vancouver safe and sound. Boy am I getting groggy...the endless sleepless night is catching up to me. We had to deplane to have a passport check and nothing was open at the airport....so stared at the wall for a bit and it wasn't too long and we got to get on the bus again. Different crew....you can tell there is a diff on international crews and domestic. Lot more of them and very bubbly bunch and I got a glass of bubbly to sip whilst...

G'day Mates!!!!   Well enough is enough. Time for me to drivel in electronic print once again. Seems I am tired of winter and its time for some sun and I think I planned this about right..... cept... its nice outside here in Edmonton. I hate leaving on adventures when its nice out here....it should be -30 out or something like that...just doesn't feel right.     So, again rum and a laptop were combined one evening..... and long story short.......

Tadaaaa....Made it to Taranaaaa my very not favorite city. Early...what are the odds and for once the gate was ready for us. Had a pleasant trip going the wrong way to Australia...kinda the "Long Way Round" it would seem. But hey its all about the journey.   My plane mate was a pleasant gal Nicolete not sure I spelled that right. She worked in marketing and as an event planner for a tobacco company.   She was hanging with the president of Red Bull the othe...