With a 9 am departure from the hotel to the airport for a noon departure and the start of my long trip back to New Zealand, I had a short time to see the area around the hotel.

-         Statute Balboa
-         52 floor 243 metre / 797m feet tall BBA (Revolution Tower) building
-         Normally busy Ave Balboa and Cinta Costera roads.
-         Parque Porras

Sunset at LAX airport before an hour at Westfield Culver City Mall (Fox Hills Mall).

Sunrise as we crossed the International dateline.

Touch down early at 7.30 am (12 hours 15 minutes flying time) and being seated at exit row 34 right behind premium economy did help as I was at 8.10 am walking out of the terminal and that was even going through the custom's red lane.  

The next Auckland Transport orange Airporter 380 bus to Onehunga leaves at 8.25 am. Do I pay the NZ $29 for a Super Shuttle to get there quickly or wait for the bus? Of course wait for the local bus as that only cost NZ $3.40!

60 day journey over.