Our 2-weeks of February in PNG adventure: "It's the posh, posh, traveling life for me!"

Yes, here I am, once again joining my husband on a Papua New Guinea adventure.  Dan has traveled so much in the last year that he has obtained "gold status" on Air New Zealand.  That means marvelous things for his traveling companion: ME!  We don't have to wait in long lines of people.  Our line is short and quick.  Best of all, Dan can take a guest into the Air New Zealand lounge while waiting for our flight.  

In the olden days (before the conferring of the "gold status,") we'd arrive at the airport, wait in a long line, get our bags checked in, and then hurry to McDonald's for an Egg McMuffin breakfast while waiting for our flight.  Now, however, we're checked in lickety-split, and off to the "lounge," where there's free food, soft chairs, and nicely dressed people.  Instead of an Egg McMuffin, my breakfast was scrambled eggs with chives, a melon fruit salad, and raisin-bread toast.  (Free food of this quality is a missionary's dream!)  There's even a friendly wait-person to take away my dirty dishes.  A girl could get spoiled!  No wonder the grandpa's song from Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang was going through my head:  "Oh the posh, posh, traveling life, the traveling life for me.  First cabin and Captain's table, regal company..."