On the way in to Honolulu

Aloha!

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August 29th 2010
What a week! A real whirlwind tour of one of the eight magnificent islands that make up Hawai'i. Yet again I am passing the time on a long haul flight by writing another entry. We have been in the air for about 3 hours now and are somewhere near the international date line over the Pacific Ocean on our way to Sydney for an overnight stay before a relatively short 3.5 hour flight to Auckland, wh ... read more

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