Sir, please take of your left shoe. I'm sorry, my left shoe? Yes sir, please take off your left shoe. Well this seems a little stran - Sir, all passengers are required to remove their left shoe. And the right shoe? Only the left one sir. This way sir. Beep. Sir, it seems you've been randomly selected for a physical search.
Turns out the game Counter Strike was prophetic: "Terrorists Win"
Anyway, 4 flights, 2 customs clearances, 11078 kilometers, 26 hours and a lei greeting later we finally arrived.
The last flight was a 5 minute island-hopper and despite the warning signs (actual photo from the plane), we were still sitting on the edge of our seats with excitement.
