Leave Heathrow for honeymoonArrive in BeijingTour of a Jade Factory, the Ming Tombs and Great Wall of ChinaTour of Tian'anmen Square, Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven and Summer PalaceArrive in Hong Kong on way to SydneyArrive in SydneyLunch at Guylian, Opera House tour and walks through Botanical Gardens and The RocksVisit our friend JakobExplore SydneyTrip to Featherdale Wildlife Park and Blue Mountains National ParkWild Australia Experience tour of Taronga ZooSpent time with our friend Jakob, meal at Aria restaurant then night-time photosArrive in Cairns then travel to Palm CoveSnorkelling in the Great Barrier ReefHelicopter ride over the Great Barrier ReefArrive in Brisbane on way to Cook IslandsArrive in Auckland on way to Cook IslandsRelax on Cook Islands at the Rumours of RomanceArrive in Auckland again on way homeArrive in Los Angeles on way homeHome again!
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May 31 2009, 05:00 AM
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Auckland International Airport, New Zealand
There really isn't a lot you can do in an Airport and certainly not for 12 hours. After wandering around the shops and having breakfast at Subway, we found some empty seats on the 2nd floor in the "Lookout Lounge" (an area where family can look through and see their family in the departures duty-free area). We then spent the majority of our time - except for having lunch in the Spinnaker Bar - taking turns sleeping or reading our books.
Eventually when through to departures around 16:00 and soon found that our boarding time had changed from 17:10 to 20:50! Qantas were initially very evasive about explaining why this was but eventually claimed that due to "adverse weather conditions" our plane had diverted to Christchurch airport. A lot of us felt this odd since other planes were landing and taking off but not a lot you can do... they gave us a voucher for $12 of free food to somehow cheer us up (this just led to huge queues everywhere). To make a long story short, 20:50 was a lie as well and by the time they had refuelled, resupplied and performed a security check it was 22:00.
If this flight was perfectly on time we would have just 1 hour to get through customs and board our next flight in LA! The flight was OK and we both managed to get a brief amount of sleep but food wasn't very spectacular.
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