Greetings from The Future

The flight from LAX was not so bad, much better than I had expected really. After a brief perusal of our beef jerky, an examination of my boots and some questions about our plans, we were off and running.

Auckland was pretty cool. We went on the Sky Tower which afforded a fantastic view of the Auckland area.

Today we drove into the countryside to Waitomo Caves, where we went on a couple incredible tours where we saw cool underground features and the beautiful Glow Worms which look like little blue stars in the darkness. After that we had a delicious dinner and a walk through the verdant countryside. Everything is so green here! And there are so many foreign (to me) birdsongs. Tomorrow perhaps some kiwi viewing and then on to Wellington and the South.