We made it to Vancouver

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This is me intrepid little traveller Patariki off on my adventures again. I wonder where thay are taking me this time?

I only found out yesterday that I was the lucky kiwi chosen to go with Mary and Alan on this trip. Why me I asked? Well there was only room for one and I can curl up in my rugby ball. And they said I can come to Paris as the little tour guide for Hamish and Louise as I have been before and know my way around. Heck I nearly fell off the back of a boat into  the Sienne last time. More about that later.

So it was off to the Wangaui airport and up to Auckland where Craig and Amy rolled up outside the domestic terminal and drove us across to International. Only time for a quick chat and drink and for me to have a photo with Amy and then off to departure. Who should we bump into up there but Kathleen and Greg. Nobody told me they were going to be there. So off to the plane and here we all are sitting together after a late dinner, smooth flight, good sleep and now breakfast.

Arrived on time along with six other planes so we had really long queues in customs. We were picked up by friends of Kath and Greg's and Greg's dad Ted and whisked off to Surrey where we are staying with Ted. It was still Sunday. 3pm in the afternoon. Mmmm same time as we left to go to the Wanganui airport someone is going to have to explain this to me.

Now that we are at the top of the world things work differently from down under. The light switches switch up to go on and down to go off, and you pull taps rather than push them to turn them on.

It's wet here but so much warmer than NZ.

Well it's 10pm on a very long Sunday and time for all the kiwis to go bed.

 Here I am saying goodbye to Amy at the Auckland airport.