Our ship has come in!
Lee has been tracking the progress of our vessel as it came back into GPS range in the waters around New Zealand and it was on schedule to arrive 16-Jan at around 8:30pm. The excitement of actually getting our stuff is killing us!
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| itajai express at 4:00pm |
I went today to take what we hope is the final paperwork to the NZ shipping company responsible for customs clearance and delivery to our new home. Everything appears to be in order and we just have a few details to work out with the Jeep once it clears the MAF customs guys. Our last steps... last 7-14 business days of glamping in Titirangi :)
We went downtown to watch our ship come in, have a little dinner, and celebrate the approaching end of our container's journey across the great Pacific. The weather was gorgeous and we walked to the end of the Queen Pier to watch as the
Itajai Express rounded the last corner by Devonport. Hmmm... 8:30... where or where is our ship? Oh well, time to catch a beer at Brew on Quay and refresh the GPS tracking on the iPhone every 60 seconds :)
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| walking down queen pier |
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| the "cloud" event space on queen pier for rugby world cup 2011 |
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| itajai green indicator - slowly comin' in |
9:30pm found us back at the end of the pier and... thar she blows!! The
Itajai is a HUGE ship and needs the help of several tug boats to maneuver into her slip at the port. We watched until we couldn't keep warm anymore and headed home. The ship is headed back out on Tuesday and our container (fingers crossed) has finally landed in Kiwiland!
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| itajai coming into port |
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| tugboats changing ship's direction |
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| HUGE ship - wonder which container is ours? |
