Not sure how many hours it’s been (didn’t keep track and we’re too tired to do the math), but we left on Sat May 3, and have just arrived to our hotel and it’s Tues May 6. What we do in that time? Flew across the country and visited LAX, where we were surprised that most of the airport announcements were not in English (we’re pretty sure it was Korean, most of the time). Then, we flew across the Pacific Ocean and arrived in Brisbane (pronounced brizz-ban), got into a stranger’s car and spent the day with her. Actually, her name was Lucy and she’s a private tour guide. We were her first clients with this website she had just hooked up with and we’re looking forward to leaving her her first review (ya’ll know how much maria loves to review stuff!). Then, we watched a  guy jump off the side of a mountain, fortunately, he was gripping a hang glider! And, his buddy, Marcos, told us about a great spot nearby (more later). Then, we walked around a palm grove in a rain forest, where maria was bit by something cute and icky at the same time. Lucy assures us maria will be ok (there was more blood than we thought and Lucy said the anti-coagulate that was injected prior to the bite might itch tomorrow – lets hope it doesn’t!).  Then, we visited a bio-organic coffee plantation, hiked to a waterfall, drive around in circles, took a third plane and then a shuttle and are now getting ready for bed in NZ! We’ll wake up tomorrow and pick up our “home on wheels” for the next week-and-a-half. Yay!

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