Well the past 48 hours have been rough. I'm quite tired but New Zealand is AMAZING! Alec is our tourguide and he is pretty awesome! But back to the past 48 hours, when we first left the school it was 96 degrees and I was dying because of how hot it was. Then on the little yellow bus ride to the airport it cooled off a bit but all that was on my mind was that I was actually about to start my journey to half way across the world! When we arrived to the airport we had about four hours until our plane was going to be boarding, but we then had to sit and wait for three and a half hours as one by one we had to wait for our boarding passes. The computer system was so old at the airport that after every ticket we had to wait as the computer system rebooted. We all got our ticket just in time to get on the plane. One of the scariest things happened though, we were all told we would NOT be checking our bags but since we had to wait so long we were the last to board the plane and this meant that there was not enough space in the overhead compartments; this meant some of us had to check our bags and I was one of those few. Now I have been on a plane many many times and have never lost my luggage but I also have never been on a connecting flight. This meant our luggage not only had to get on the right plane once but it had to make it on the right plane twice. I was going half way across the world with the chance of loosing my luggage... I was very worried. On the plane ride to LAX I talked with some new people, their names are Lexa and Riley! They were so nice! We talked about everything from the trip to sports to our home lives. It was a really cool experience to talk to some new people! Once again when we arrived in LAX we had no time! I got myself some chips and a water bottle and once again on a plane, but this time it was not going to be for four hours it was going to be for 13. The plane ride really sucked and it was probably one of the most uncomfortable things I have ever had to go through. 13 hours of not moving and sitting in one place really is not fun. But at least I got to sit next to someone from my group I was going with. I got to sit next to a girl named Cody. She was pretty cool. About half way through the trip I watched about half of the movie Tron, and from what I saw I really liked the movie! Before I left my dad told me "don't eat airplane chicken" and the first meal I had was airplane chicken. When we finally landed it was pretty hecktick. It was the first time I have ever had to go through customs and it was easier then I thought it was going to be. Once we got through we found the bus, packed our bags, and hit the road. Right away we all noticed how they drive on the opposite side of the road, it was so weird. During the bus ride I fell asleep. When I woke up we were in Hobbitown. It was so cute here. I had a weird first meal though it was fried lasagna with chips and a coke. Other then that we just walked around town. I also got a picture with smeagol! After Hobbitown we went Luging! It was so fun! The view from the top of the hill was breath taking! You could see the whole city basically! After Luging we went to the Jade Factory and a bought two necklaces! One for my mom nad one for me! They are so pretty! For dinner we got to go to a place called Bugerfeul and it was pretty good! But the bugers just taste so different there! It was very different. Then we went to a store called pak n' save and it is like a sam's club here! Now we are just back at the hotel. Some of the culture shocks I went through were how they drive on the opposite side of the road. Using a debit card is also confusing because there are like five different options and to every option there are options and it is just very different from at home. The food is also a little different they eat things like pies where we eat things like hotdogs. I'm definitely looking forward to meeting the highschool kids and just seeing the land and learning about the culture!
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