The Final Blog Posting

Well, we've come to the end of the Big Trip 2008 and it's been a trip of a lifetime.... lots of interesting places and new sights and sounds. The natural beauty of the South Island of New Zealand, The beaches, rainforest and the Great Barrier Reef of Australia. And it was so good to see Ray and Pat and the rest of the NZ Watkinsons. I suppose it's all about new experiences - and we have had lots of those.

Carolyn and I have had fun doing this blog, and we hope you have enjoyed it too.

To sum, some final stats: The total miles flown round the world:

And, a summary of the time zones and changes we travelled through. You can see that the 24 hours lost when we crossed the International Date Line exactly compensated for all the other changes. Which is what you would hope would happen, since we ended up exactly back where we started.

Until the next Big Trip!