I made it!

Well I have arrived in NZ!!
Everything went great!
The flight from Calgary to Vancouver went without any problems, then I got to wait in Vancouver for a few hours- security takes a while, you even have to get your baggage, walk it through a set of doors and then give it to them- why can't they just move them themselves?! The flight to LA was good- I sat beside an Australian girl who was very nice, and who enjoyed celebrity watching with me- that's right, I saw my first celebrity! John Locke (no idea what his real name is!) from LOST was on my flight! I was so excited when I got off the plane, that once in the terminal at LAX I went directly to a payphone and called to tell Gen!! Imagine, all that stood between me and him was a curtain- ooh yeah, and a whole class in the airplane- damn me for not flying first class!
I was completely blown away by the number of people in my area at LAX- that and the lack of stores to browse- I was glad that we were an hour late leaving Vancouver since that was one less hour that I had to spend in LAX! As for my 12.5-13 hour flight to NZ, it was great! Air New Zealand is a great air line, and I would fly them again over any other airline in a heartbeat! They have individual televisions, thick fleecy blankets, and I ended up having 2 free seats beside me! A lady did move into the isle seat (I was window) though she was super nice, and very chatty! While in flight you get to choose your movies from a large selection, and even though there were a few that I wanted to see, after all sleep etc. was done, I only ended up watching 1. The thing was, it was a great flight, and I am so glad that it went well, as I was dreading it very much!
We arrived in Auckland and it was dark- customs took no time to get through, and your bags arrive quickly, especially compared to most airports! After getting out of the airport I was amazed my the humidity in the air-I could almost feel the moisture returning to my skin, it was the only time feeling plump was a good thing! I ended up taking a shuttle to my hostel- it was a bit more money, but it saved doing transfers, and lets be honest, I was tired after the last day! I arrived at the Brown Kiwi to find it closed, it would seem that they don't open until 8am, and I arrived at 07:20- so I got to sit around for a while. Luckily for me there were people awake to let me in. I ended up having a 1.5 hour nap, though found that I couldn't sleep and just wanted to go look around. I got up, showered, got ready and went out for a walk. It was amazing how green and alive everything is! Every house seems to have a palm tree of some sort on it, and there are these beautiful pink and purple flowers everywhere. The smell here is so refreshing- it's almost like you can smell the green in the air, and even though I'm in a city (and let's be honest, a city is a city!) it still is fresh clean air! I just woke up from a nap- it would seem that my lack of sleep caught up with me! I have no plans for what to do now, which is great and a little scary, though I wouldn't change it for the world! I look forward to Gen arriving, it will be nice to talk to someone I know- not that it isn't fun to talk to strangers too! I am going to go now, and find something to do. When I start taking pictures, I will post them, and then everyone can see how wonderful it is here- well, at least as far as my lame photography skills can manage!