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As we went up to gate 69A we stopped to change money - then thought better of it & went on to select seats. When we went back 30 min later, Bob found [[50 cents symbol]] he had left on a shelf beside the change booth! Boarded Cont. 1 at 7:10 - Took off ~ on time 7:35 Ar Honolulu ~ Lv. 12:30 Hawaii time. Elegant airport: clean, roomy, w. trees & gardens. Sev. shops open - bought good pr of ^[[spare]] dark glasses. Waited at gate to reboard. - We had had dinner (coupon book for free headset & 3 free drinks) & a movie - Superman II between LA & Hawaii -- No sleep. Afterward, I settled in to sleep. Pillow blanket & face mask (CA gave us a kit w socks, mask, Do Not Dist. Sign, shoe horn). A snack was served but I passed it up. W face covered. Slept more or less most of night. [[strikethrough]] Nov [[/strikethrough]] Dec. 1 Tuesday Over dateline. Awoke to daylight ~ 7 by my watch: 6 Hawaii time. Breakfast ~ 1hr later: good. Mushroom omelette, sausages sweet crumb cake O.juice, 1/2 papaya stuffed w pineapple coffee. Landing ~7:30 in Auckland. Arr 7:45 - Sitting quietly waiting to be sprayed by Agriculture Dept. Neat little men in shorts ^[[Bob found]] One stewardess in back sat breathing thru. handkerchief. She said that stuff was awful - a $125 doctor's bill the last time she breathed it. [[end page]] [[start page]] After awhile we had been sprayed [[?]] still sat quietly. Then they announced we could leave. The crowd going thru entry gate w landing passes was huge, slow. At the 1st counter I passed in 4 seconds; at second counter I was asked if I had a continuing ticket. I announced I was heading for Antarctica; showed travel orders (Naval) but said I worked, not for Navy but Smithsonian; that confused the officer sufficiently to send him off to check on things. He came back to say that if I was traveling under Navy orders, then I was with the Navy -- so to speak. Having cleared me, he cleared Bob at sight of his papers. Crossed out our need to go thru customs & sent us out the exit. Ghislaine, being Belgian, took a bit longer. Collected baggage, found carts - went to bus stop to transfer to Domestic ^[[Terminal]] Air N. Zealand -> Christchurch. I sat nr. the front w a very friendly young man who asked if I was coming home. No, I replied, I'm just coming in. Where to? I'm going out to Antarctica for 2 months. Are you a scientist? Yes. etc... He said geology was his favourite subject. Is a civil engineer, a straight C-Man all through, but he got A+ in geology. Lives at tip of S Is. as close to Antarctica as one can get. Is working for a company & combines being a capitalist with scientific projects Bus fare 80 [[cents symbol]] (U.S. ok). When we landed, he urged me to quick grab a cart around the corner. When I looked around corner, no carts left but a man was coming w. one he offered to me. Transfer made easily. This time we all asked for window seats. Bought stamps. Loaded camera, tried flash.