In article <57c1af36$0$2778$c3e8da3$76491128@news.astraweb.com>, Clocky
wrote:
> On 27/08/2016 6:16 AM, Your Name wrote:
> > In article <877fb3nusq.fsf@usenet.ankman.de>, Andreas Kohlbach
> > wrote:
> >> On Fri, 26 Aug 2016 15:08:03 +1200, Your Name wrote:
> >>> In article <87shtsh4ct.fsf@usenet.ankman.de>, Andreas Kohlbach
> >>> wrote:
> >>>> On Wed, 24 Aug 2016 19:35:58 -0700 (PDT), rbernardo@iglou.com wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Here is my itinerary ¡V
> >>>>>
> >>>>> September 1 ¡V Leave San Francisco for Wellington, New Zealand.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> September 3 ¡V Arrive in Wellington, NZ. Accommodations provided by
> >>>>> Trevor.
> >>>>
> >>>> That looks like a 24+ hour flight already, even considering a time zone
> >>>> change.
> >>>>
> >>>> Anyway, looks like it would be fun. Enjoy and report back here please.
> >>>
> >>> Flight time from San Francisco to Wellington is only around 12-14 hours
> >>> for a direct flight, but it it can be more if it is via Honolulu and /
> >>> or via Auckland, New Zealand (especially if there are transfer flights
> >>> to be waited for).
> >>>
> >>> Even on a direct flight, if you leave San Francisco at night on 1 Sept,
> >>> then you could well arrive in Wellington on the morning of 3 Sept
> >>> thanks to the date line changeover.
> >>
> >> Thanks for that.
> >>
> >> That must also be a hangover. Already the jetlag of 12 hours must be
> >> bad. A 6 hour jetlag (Europe <-> North America) takes me about 3 days to
> >> get used to.
> >
> > The hangover will only get worse when you get off the plane and realise
> > you're now in a fourth-world country ...
>
> That's simply a ridiculous comment.
Not when you live there and see it on a daily basis it isn't - it's a
factual comment. :-(
> > made especially evident in Wellington by the cheap knock-off of the
> > "Hollywood" sign plastered on a hill next to the airport. :-\
>
> Yeah, that's cheesy.
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