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New Zealand, part 1

Friday 14 November 2008, 11:41 WST —

8th November
Well, the flight was a bit of an endurance.  Starting at about 10pm Friday night (the 7th) and finishing on Saturday at 2pm Christchurch time.  For those (like me) that have to sit down and do the math, that’s about 10 hours, of course, flying took only about 5 hours.  The rest of the time was taken up by waiting, or getting ready to fly out.

We didn’t get to sleep until 8pm, so that means we were up about, hmmm, lets see, 6am Friday to 4pm Saturday, so that’s about 22 hours without sleep.  I was half expecting to see fairys fly off the top of door frames, or non-existant kittens jumping out of peoples laps, thanks to sleep deprevation.  We were saved by my Aunty and Uncle, who, are excellent hosts.

9th November
After a much needed 12 hour kip, we were refreshed and ready to go looking about Christchurch, with my cousin, nothing too major, just a quick look through the markets and a few shops.