When returning from holiday, one starts to think of holidays

[fivemack]

By 'south of the Rio Grande', I mean 'into Mexico' rather than 'anywhere south of 31N' - I thought this was standard usage, but various of my friends in Cambridge interpreted it the other way.

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[fivemack.livejournal.com]

I don't think I go as far as you do - I don't often do two long-hauls in a year (err, um, actually I've got three planned this year, but Chicago is for work), whilst New Zealand is actually quite distant - and the Inca Trail is rather more strenuous than anything I've done.

Aren't nice holidays abroad pretty much what time and money are for ?

[beckyc.livejournal.com]

I don't USUALLY go to NZ twice in a year ;-). I actually have a limit that I impose on myself of two trips abroad by plane per year. Last year, I actually only went on one *gasp* (because I had the second NZ trip planned for Feb of this year!).

Aren't nice holidays abroad pretty much what time and money are for ?

I won't argue with that one :-).

This trip to NZ, I crossed the IDL in both directions and I can report that both ways are really confusing, even though it's easy enough to keep track in theory. In reality, if ONE timepiece ends up wrong and you wake up at 4am with an alarm, it is really hard to work out what went wrong where and what time it really is!

NZ is a really good way of picking up airports for a transited airports list - I think this trip was the only time I've not picked up a new airport! And the first time I've done the whole trip in only 4 flights (FTAOD, I'm defining it as a take off, followed by a flight followed by a landing, to maximise number of landings because those are the worst bit IMO). For comparison, last NZ trip had 6 flights (er, more if I count paragliding and parasailing ;-)), the first NZ trip had 11(!), Peru had 8.

[naath.livejournal.com]

Time and money are for KNITTING THINGS silly ;-)