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Longest day of my life, literally. Only because I crossed the date line but I had 3 sleeps, one in Auckland, one over the Pacific and one in San Francisco.
00:00 I started the day by watching the start of the second lord of the rings movie before bed.
08:00 Got up and had breakkie and Neil took me to the bus station. Bought new torch.
09:15 Took the ferry to the volcanic island near Auckland. Started to hike (realised it was more of a jaunt and I could have done it in sandals like most of the tracks in NZ).
10:30 Found the lava caves and took scary photos with the new torch. Let other tourists know which caves went all the way through.
11:45 Climbed to the top taking in all the views on the way. Spectacular.
12:45 Dozed on the ferry back to Auckland.
13:40 Neil picked me up on his way out of town. Drove back. Packed and had lunch.
16:00 Said farewell to Julie and drove to airport without falling asleep.
17:00 Checked in, etc., browsed shops, got on plane.
19:15 Took off. Watched the Silver Linings Playbook, had curry and Kapri Hokey Pokey ice cream, watched Looper with a class of wine and extra cheese and biscuits before falling asleep with Moulin Rouge.
??:?? Woke up and had breakfast with LA Confidential (most of).
12:30(again) Landed and queued and queued and sailed through passport control.
13:30 Found out there was a courtesy shuttle to my Travelodge.
14:00 Found out the shuttle was held up by an accident on the international ramp.
14:55 Got to hotel and went for a walk, it was just like one in an American movie "Duh, you're in America now!"
16:00 Went for a swim.
16:30 Watched American TV (inc Friends - even more canned laughter over here!) but really enjoyed how different it was.
20:00 Went out and got pasta and pop tarts from the service station, after deciding not to get pizza since they were gonna charge for delivery. Yorkshire, I know! Plus I didn't deserve a pizza since I did pretty much say around all day. (And I got extra cereal and extra ice cream on the plane).
??:?? More tv and sleep Next morning Woke up at 10 30, missing my free breakfast, silly phone reset itself to 12 hour clock so the alarm wouldn't be going off for another 9 hours! C'est la vie!
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