well as you can se i am not in chrsitchurch as planned!!! after an interesting flight to dubai consisting of empty planes and aborted landings just a few hundred feet from the ground due to another plane not listening! thn and even more intersting flight to Sydney (very very very long) in which during the landing we hit a flock of birds!!! you should see th dent on the engine i took photos its huge!!! anyway the flight was delayed and then cancelled casue the plane wasnt fit to fly! Got myself onto the next flight to auckland (which was also delayed as we were delaying them) was meant to then get an internal flight down to chrsitchuch the next day which meant i would have got there wdnesday aftrnoon!! i decided to skip this and remain in aukland. booked myself into a hostel and waved good bye to those passengers heading to hotel for night! Hotel i had in Dubai was cool! By the way, it was massive and had two double beds in it and the toilet paper was all folded fancy! toliet paper! took photos as it was very wierd! only got a few hours stop in hotel and i couldnt sleep as was worried would miss next flight! so i havent slept since sunday! i look like it too!! PLus i meant this lovely old woman (well in her early 70\'s) who was going to new zealand and travelling with her friend a little! anyway she had the biggest tash in the world!! it would put my dad to shame! she was nice though....i havent given her this address! i am off to sleep ciao for now x p.s. the tower in the photo i plan to do a base jump from!!! pps it so warm and sunny!!!!!!