Flying Is Not My Friend

The trip so far:

Ottawa - Toronto: 349 km
Toronto - LA: 3511 km
LA- Auckland: 10471 km
Auckland - Brisbane: 2292 km
Brisbane - Cairns: 1396 km

The grand total? 18,019 km... 45% of the circumference of the earth at the equator (source: Dad).

7 hour layover in the LAX airport - no celebrities spotted, no fun stores to shop at, and some very underwhelming architecture - somehow I expected more from Hollywood's airport? They DID have a Disneyland Express bus - if only the layover were longer...

Redeemed by Air New Zealand - can definitely understand their reputation for excellence - reclining seats, a safety video guest-starring the New Zealand All Blacks (mmm Richie McCaw), excellent food (chicken and eggs), and for Auckland to Brisbane, a lovely elevated footrest. I'm a nervous flyer by nature, but they sure try to fix that...

And as much as I'd like to brag about the weather (which today is nice and sunny), we've had HEAPS of rain - which made the rainforest tour all the more cooler - more on that later!

To the left: the view on arrival. I know, tough life...