Hi Everyone! Yes, we made it!! It's currently 9pm Saturday night and we're in the hustling metropolis of Turangi (pop 200) :-). Arrived safely after 13 hours in the air - plane must have held 550 people. Susan has been doing most of the driving with Pop reminding her to stay left. First night (Friday) we took in a Maori experience - and had a great time learning the culture and traditions of the Maori people We started Saturday with a visit to the Kiwi Preserve that is working hard to save the kiwi (birds) from extinction. Susan adopted a bird named Wedgie. :-) Then we drove down to Turangi where we will have our home base for the next 5-6 days and we'll do day trips. We're still figuring out this blog thing and will
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