New Zealand, Day 0

I'm not going to call this Day 1 yet because I'm so thrown off with
the time change that I'm still not really sure I'm here.

Long travel, as expected, put me in New Zealand on a beautiful summer
afternoon. After checking in at the hotel I'll stay in until I leave
for Antarctica on Friday (Jan 1) I walked around a bit and got a
little exercise. I'm trying to stay awake at least until after supper
(which I'll have when I send this email) when I'll go to bed. (Maybe
when I wake up, my second bag will be delivered.) With any luck, I'll
be alert for most of tomorrow.

I expect to get my cold weather clothing issue tomorrow and then have
the rest of the day to explore.

Jake