Wow, my first day in civilization is like my first day in paradise! When we landed in Christchurch around 23:30, it was dark. DARK! No sun, just the moon and the stars between the clouds! The next thing that hit me was the smell. The air smelled! Then I felt the humidity. Now, I don’t think it was more than 60-70%, but coming from 3-5% air humidity, it felt as if a wet blanket had been thrown on my face. Wonderful!

At immigrations, we had a separate cue, so people in their sandals and shorts were starring at us, still wearing our bunny boots and red parkas. And everyone with these orange backs. That felt neat, I have to admit, like being an explorer of old…

Back in my hotel, I just fell into my bed and slept straight (sic!) 10 hours. Hooray! When I finally could tear myself out of the sheets, I took an shower that was DEFINITELY longer than 2 minutes. HOORAY again! I feel like a human being again.

Now, I was on ice for 18 days. Imagine someone who lived their for three to four months. Now imagine a winter-over… I am not so sure at this point if I wanna go back. But I damn well know that had a great experience and good time down there!

All right, enough yada yada. I am off now to plan my NZ trip. Later, alligator!