Goodbye New Zealand
December 19th, 2006 at 2:11 pm by sarahIt’s our last day, almost two in the afternoon, and we’re back in Auckland at the cheap internet place we used before flying to Australia all those days ago. The last week has gone really quickly, and I’m wishing we had more time. There’s still so much we haven’t seen, but I guess you could live here your whole life and not see it all. We have to come back, a conclusion that we reached easily and unanimously.
Today is sort of bittersweet, it’s raining (of course) and we’re both completely exhausted from a terrible night of sleep. I couldn’t, because of nerves, and what little sleep Mike got was consistantly interrupted by a pesky, loud, unkillable mosquito which had gotten into our room somehow. Really, you just nod off and suddenly there’s a crazed buzzing in your ear…so obnoxious. I squashed it no less than three times, each time it emerged from the tissue unharmed. Eventually I pulled the sheet up over my head and slept that way, but ugh we are tired. Which may be a good thing for the flight, but wasn’t great for the drive back from Russel to Auckland.
Things we are desperately going to miss:
The sheep. I’m seriously trying to work out how we can get some back home. We’ve been watching them every day from the car, chewing and baa-ing in every field, in every part of the country.
The birds. Even the ones that CAN fly walk. They’re everywhere, and their all so different and interesting. Wekas, Pukekos, Mynas (?) and of course the Tuis. I need to find some birdsong recordings so you can hear them, such pretty songs. There’s something we can hear at night too, might be a morepork, might be some other nocturnal bird, I’ll have to figure it out later.
The people. I don’t think we can fully explain just how nice EVERYONE here is. It’s like the entire country has that small town hospitality. LA is going to be such a shock.
TimTams. Damn customs restrictions. We would bring home a crate of these things, in every ‘flavour’. Chocolatey, crispy, cookie (biscut) goodness. Sigh. If it weren’t for not bringing food across we’d have Timtams and Tui’s (beer not birds) for Christmas presents for you all. 
 Well, off to return the car and catch the shuttle to the airport. We fly at 7:30 pm tonight and land in LA at 10 am this morning, which is good because we’re missing a day from the flight over. Expect lots from us when we get to LA, and then us in person soon enough!
December 19th, 2006 at 5:24 pm
I can’t wait to see all the pictures and hear the rest of the stories! in the meantime, here’s some of the birdsongs… http://www.nzbirds.com/birds/birdsong.html
December 20th, 2006 at 10:30 am
So, how’s LA??
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