So around 15 minutes ago we would have taken off from Los Angeles, at a quarter to midnight on the 24th. However we don't arrive in Auckland until 7:30am on the 26th having essentially "lost" an all of today (the 25th) while flying for a little over 12 and a half hours, and covering a distance of 6508 miles (or 10474 km) fact fans!

I can't help feeling that somehow means that I'll be a day younger than people think come the day of my demise... even though I know it doesn't really work like that. To add insult to injury as we only ever fly East we won't get the time back on our return leg!

On the up-side though when we finally do land we will have the whole of New Zealand to drive around in our new-found youth.