Trip to the other side of the world!

Last Friday I began my trip across the globe heading for Auckland, New Zealand. The story of the trip so far is below…

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Starting off from Heathrow Airport, London…

I checked in and boarded my flight with Korean Airlines.

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This first leg of the flight took a about 9 hours or so..

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Flying over Russia, China, that’s Bejing below.

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Finally taking me to Incheon Aiport, Seoul, Korea. Where I stopped for a few hours and saw cool things like this cute graphics massage sign!

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I didn’t stop for a massage but did end up doing some Korean craft at the in-house cultural centre - dedicated to giving passing travelers a taste of the Korean. Me and a fellow traveler I made friends with on the flight ended up getting involved, on the false premise that we’d be getting some free food! Nope - not a noodle in sight - just the art of hanji craft! This basically involved us pasting paper onto a box that can be used for various things. Our instructor was genius though.

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Flying back off heading over Japan nearing ever closer towards the final destination.

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Yup.. 11 hours later the light dawned and below the skies the glistening shores of New Zealand came into focus!

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Finally landed safely at the destination…

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Then went up the summit of Mount Eden to get a proper view of Auckland city, with some local cows giving me the low down!

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Been here a couple of days now taking it easy in an attempt to shift the incredible jet lag! As of writing this I’m more spaced out than a hedgehog on a rocket ship to the moon! Here for two months on missions yet to come into focus! Should get rid of this jet-lag by the end of the week and then kick into action! Will try and keep the blog up to date with all the adventures!

Date

Monday 01 Dec 2008

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Travel
New Zealand

Hope you find some human life soon Chris

Date

Tuesday 02 Dec 2008

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matt hogan

Cool massage sign… what was the food like on Korean Airlines?

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Wednesday 03 Dec 2008

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Dom

glad to hear you made it in one piece.  say hi to those NZ cows for me…

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Wednesday 03 Dec 2008

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katie day

Loving the photo’s telling the story but should have expected that from a photographer really.
I hear that NZ is almost as beautiful as Dudley this time of year.

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Wednesday 03 Dec 2008

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Dan & Scruff

wow.. i had no idea you were going to new zealand!
i reckon you should have gone for the massage though.

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Thursday 04 Dec 2008

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lee

Hi Chris, hope you are over your jetlag by now. It looks fantastic where you are. I showed it to Jim on Google Earth. Back here in Brum it’s very very cold, and I have got man flu. Some of my pals are bunking up in your room for a month or so. They think it’s really cool up there. Anyway, take care. Skype you soon I hope. Reed. Scruff says hello.

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Thursday 04 Dec 2008

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Reed

Hey Chris, glad you got there OK, and my advice would be take the jet lag as a really good excuse for taking it easy! I think I remember just sleeping, eating and sitting in the sun for about a week when I first got there. Looking forward to reading your news on here. By the way - that sunshine looks good, do you reckon you could trap some in a box and send it to me here?

Date

Friday 05 Dec 2008

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Jane

Hi Chris,

Glad you arrived safely , try some melatonin for the jet lag. Look forward to keeping up with your travels . Envious of the weather we’ve just had some heavy snow here in Leeds .

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Friday 05 Dec 2008

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Bernie

Make sure you bump a load of hoochies and send me the photographic shennanigans please...it’s absolutely shit here in the United Grimdom.

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Monday 08 Dec 2008

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Simon Peplow

hey ho Chris! Happy New Year! I hope you’ve met them properly there? How is it going? when are you getting back? You are missed in Brummieland

Date

Saturday 03 Jan 2009

Author

Agne

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