Day 36 Auckland to Christchurch. Landed in Auckland a few minutes late. Nikita and myself managed to get a few hours kip in the very spacious and comfortable Premium Economy seats fitting in a movie before and after dozing off. Great service on NZ1 from LAX with plenty of good food and drink along with accommodating Cabin Crew. Cleared NZ Biosecurity ok, after having the consent to bring in a small piece of drift wood that Tony had collected from the banks of ...

Day 35. Nothing to add to the blog due losing a day flying over the date line!

Day 34 Las Vegas / Los Angeles / Auckland. The looooooong day returning home. Up at 6:15 am for an early breakfast before catching the American Airlines flight from the Silver State of Nevada at 10:10am back to LA. Caught the shuttle back to Day's Inn retrieving our stored luggage; booked a day room and re packed our gear for the return flight home. Caught up on the travel blog as the past few days in Las Vegas had been full on. Enjoyed a dip in the pool, a lot ...

Day 33 Las Vegas. 10:00 am and the shuttle bus arrived at our hotel transferring us to Boulder City Airport 30 minutes away for our helicopter flight over the Hoover Dam and Grand Canyon. Dozens of helicopters at the airport taking people from all over the world on the 1 hr and 10 minute flight. Found a coupon in one of the many discount coupon books lying around everywhere in LV, offering a $100 discount on the trip. Great value as it seemed everyone else had ta...

Day 32 Las Vegas. A good sleep in this morning in an attempt to catch up on the busy pace of the last 6 days. Relaxed by the pool for the early hours of the afternoon, had a late lunch at the hotel and walked down to The Strip stopping off at the "High Roller" observation wheel, opened in March this year. The wheel at 550 feet high makes it currently the highest observation when in the world displacing the Singapore Flyer at 541 feet high. Awesome views from the ...