Well I woke up a bit late this morning (no surprise there!) only to find the airport shuttle pulling off as I am running toward it. Being so late I grabbed a cab and paid $12 for the 3km ride to the airport (granted my driver hauled ass so wellk worth the $12).

Luckily Air New Zealand has a dedicated check in room for Business Class and Star Gold passengers so I was available to skip the general airport chaos. However the check in agent decided to pick on me and weigh my carryon rollerboard (which is limited at 7kg). My bag weighed in at 14kgs!! So he made me repack everything. However I really needed everything in my carryon so I stuffed everything in my backpack (which was already well overweight–thank god he didn’t weigh that….it had to be close to 28kgs). By the time I got through all that checkin was closed and I was the last passenger to check in for NZ103 to Sydney.

I had to skip the Koru Club (and my shower) and go straight to the gate for boarding. I now sit in 2K on a 767 bound for Sydney sipping a Mimosa attempting to relax for the long journey home.

I will have several hours to kill in Sydney so I will either head to Darling Harbor or Circular Quay for lunch.

Will post more updated (with pictures) on my stay in Fiji later! (It was really great!!! )