Jan 28 afternoon

Clouds! Ocean! Brightness! ... It only took a couple minutes and I saw Natadola Beach again! Chunlin didn't see it because it was almost straight down and she gave me the window seat so I could take pictures. Which I did. Lovely cloudscapes. Steak & mushroom pie at the airport, chicken curry now. I'm full. Small dinner only, please.

Yay! We landed! Welcome to New Zealand. Cloudy. Land of the Long White Cloud, indeed. Looks rather British from the sky. Irregular property shapes. ... Half hour to go through customs, onto a shuttle bus. ...

(Chunlin's photo above)

Auckland feels like California. San Fran in particular. Chunlin says it's too cold for Cali. Must be Seattle. Nah. What does she know? She sat on this notebook.