It's not just the actual travelling, it's that... it took me about a week to acclimatize, sleep-wize, with the different weather and lack of a humidifier; and if one is suffering from not-so-good sleep, all the little niggly things like living out of a suitcase just get to one more, because one has less energy.

New Zealand is still on my list as (a) it is much closer, (b) it has the same power (c) prices are much more reasonable (d) there are people there I want to visit (hint, hint)