So here goes........my first "real" attempt at "blogging", seems appropriate along with my first international trip on my own, and first time away from home for such an extended period of time. No better time to put my ideas, thoughts, and experiences on paper..........or at least in a travel blog :). Now surprisingly the flight(s) and whole process of getting to New Zealand from Toronto was actually a very efficient and pain free experience (High Fives To Air Canada + Air New Zealand), aside from the rather large gentleman who I was privileged to be wedged beside for 13 hours from Vancouver to Auckland, everything went smooth (Nice guy though, I've just never seen anyone actually "break" miscellaneous airplane items simply by adjusting themselves in their seat). My travel bag arrived in one piece, all
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