Tuesday 7th December 2004

Finally made it to Vancouver. We are extremely jetlagged and so over aeroplane food. We spent a night in Papakura in New Zealand with El's cousin Lilian. We had a nice brekky and the local tour before catching an 8hr flight to Honolulu. The Honolulu airport was crappy and our flight to Vancouver was delayed. We then had to catch a 6hr flight to Vancouver and this flight was the most boring ever. Air Canada seats were very uncomfortable and the food wan't much chop either. Vancouver is cold and wet. It is good "huffy" weather and we are wandering around in big coats and boots. At 2pm it seems like 6pm because it is so dark. Mountains around vancouver are covered by clouds but still seem magnificent. We had a quick look around but will investigate things further when we adjust to Vancouver time. Streets have a cool feeling cause of christmas decorations and the real winter look of the place(no leaves). Our hostel seems nice enough and is close to everything. Gonna get something to eat and hit the hay soon-too much crappy food and not enough sleep-we need to recharge the batteries.