We are now on the other side of the world. We have crossed the equator. We have flown about 20.000 kilometres, which is approximately half of the earth’s circumference. We have crossed umpteen time zones and we are now 12 hours ahead of home. If we had flown just a little bit more we would have crossed the international date line and ended up in yesterday again. I have given up trying to eat and sleep regularly and just try to go with the flow. The result is that I am sleepy and hungry at all the wrong times. Tomorrow is today and today becomes yesterday.
At any rate, we have finally arrived in New Zealand, a full three days after leaving home. Auckland is an okay city, I guess, although right now I’m mostly itching to get away from it all and see some kiwi landscape. The city has a youthful feel, especially the kind of youth who go bungy jumping all over the place or do other crazy outdoorsy thing. Just outside out hotel window (we are on the 13th floor) there is a kind of ride that simulates a bungy jump, so we hear screams at regular intervals. Further on down the road is the Sky Tower, from which people pay to bungy jump, right in the middle of the busy city. Weird tastes!
