Welcome to Sydney Australia! We left LAX at 1 AM and due to our delayed flight by the time we made it to Sydney we missed our connection to Christchurch. As we exited the plane they herded us Christchurchers to a spot to give us the low down. Apparently there are 46 of us! Most of which are a group that work for Raytheon Polar Services (http://rpsc.raytheon.com/) and were coming from orientation in Denver, CO. We were escorted to immigration, given visas and bussed to a hotel where we were given rooms and lunch. So here i sit in my hotel room till a 4 PM shuttle takes us back to the airport. Not bad. Man i like how things are done around here. Although i do love the surly people at JFK who would leave you stranded on the curb with no luggage or a dime to your name.
I must say through these travel adventures i am starting to meet some interesting Antarctic bound people. At lunch i met this awesome old man with a handle bar mustache who is a shuttle bus driver at McMurdo. Back home he owns a farm in Illinois. At the airport i met a young man who quick his job in marketing a year ago to travel and here he is going to Antarctica to work at the dining hall. Not your normal bunch. Love it already.
No Sleep to New Zealand!
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give us more!!!!
Keep on truckin'...movin' right along! Make sure you look at green plants for as long as you can. Love the blog. I know this program is going to be amazing - you are a true trailblazer, hun! t xo
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