She's here!

Amy has finally arrived-however her luggage did not. It is either still in L.A., in Sydney or in Auckland, and hopefully not anywhere in between. Nobody at the airport seems to be able to locate the bag either, which is not very comforting. The lost bag has two days to arrive in Napier before we set off for the South Island. In the meantime, its great catching up with my little sister. I did an excellent job of keeping her awake past 10:00, more for my own preservation then for hers. I didn't want to be awakened by her at 4 the next morning!

The second day we got up relatively early and climbed Te Mata Peak for a view of Hawke's bay. It was stunning in the morning sunshine. The afternoon was spent having a nosy around Opossum World, which shows all the different ways to kill a 'possum. Very enlightening! Most preferred and easiest method is just running them over.

When Amy called Air New Zealand about her lost luggage, she was informed it was not yet located, however, whenever it was found it would be sent directly to us. Considering we had plans to leave the next day, I was doubtful it would show up in time. I had visions of a postman trying to track us down in a sea kayak while we were kayaking in Abel Tasman National Park. But that wasn't necessary, the lost bag did arrive in the nick of time.