Check out the place we are staying FAN-FREAKIN-TASTIC! http://www.staffordvilla.co.nz/

Papeete International Open Air Airport 5:45 am 89 degrees . humidity 80....feels like 90. Had an unexpected layover in Tahiti to change planes. Thinking we were the only ones continuing on to Auckland we let the plan empty before we got up, only to realize that 99% of those on our flight would also be on our next flight. We had assigned seating, but had to wait in the heat standing in line for 45 miniutes to be "rescreened" when we had JUST left the same...

Well we've made it to LAX. I am sitting in the hallway next to a power outlet to charge Phil's laptop. We've had quite a day already...mad dash to the ferry that left 1 minute before we got there...chatty cathy cab driver from Iran extolling the virtues of Greece (blech) The guy next to me on the plane said he was coming from Dublin Ireland. I asked if he was sober he laughed...then proceeded to tell me he had a six pack of guinness in his back pack. ...