Plane Spotting at LAX

So here I am waiting for my connecting flight at LAX. I don't often travel internationally, but I am this time and I got to view a plane that I've seen plenty of photos of but never in real life: the special Hobbit livery on an Air New Zealand Boeing B777.



Of course, I saw it at night and it wasn't in flight. But I did get an up close view of it because I was on an airside shuttle bus and the plane was being pushed back by a tug directly in front of the bus. Many people complain about air travel these days but I still love to fly and do a little plane spotting.