46+ hours awake - still going!

Haha What a killer this trip is turning into!

Got up nice and early on Friday morning (first mistake obviously) to get the last of the housework and packing done. Did just over half a days work and left at around 2:30pm. Got to Auckland Airport around 3:30pm and mucked around there for several hours. My flight was due to lift off at 19:40 but it was delayed until 20:25. That didn't bother me too much because I knew I have approximately a 10 hours stopover in everybody's favourite destination LAX. haha

Anyhow, I lucked out and sweet talk the check in lady at Auckland Airport and she changed my seat into one right by a door so I had heaps of leg room and a chatty american bloke to natter to. Good times. Couldn't sleep though... every time I try I thought I was going to swallow my tongue, or the turbulance would pick up (especially for my I have now decided) haha.

As it turned out we made good time and got to LAX only 10 minutes late (didn't matter to me) and so I sat in the back of the customs queue (massive by the way) chatting to all the other kiwis and old biddy american lady's haha Got told to come out and visit someone in Florida and meet their daughter haha! Got through customs perfectly ok - the queue may have been long, but it went pretty quickly. See what you will but it was actually a pretty pleasant experience.

But then I have to find the dreaded gate 32! Which I found out was in terminal 3. I didn't know it but I was in terminal 1 haha. I found my way over to terminal 2 and then after wandering around for about 30 minutes, I found a visitors desk and the lady there told me how to find Terminal 3. omg... talk about walking around! This place is huge and I have only seen 3 temrinals (think there are 8!). Have to take off my shoes and had a bit of fun with the metal detector haha All good there.

Now I found Gate 32 in this terminal and I got here about 13:00 (I think). My flight was due for 20:35 so I had a big wait as you can see! But worse news was still to come - I had to read the board 3 times and still asked the service desk to confirm but my flight to Vancouver was delayed 2 hours!!! So here I sit around Gate 32 in Terminal 3 in LAX. Eyes are popping out from lack of sleep -- but am determined to get there - ETA of escaping Vancouver airport = 2am

To be continued!
Matt