After an amazing 3 weeks we have come to the end of our time in New Zealand and need to return to warmer climes. We have done our best to deplete the shops of as many goods as we possibly could, to the point we had to swap Maddison’s suit case for a slightly larger one Nick could manage without for the next 3 years. Even then there were some books and clothes we chose not to return with. I was so hot at Christchurch airport I bequeathed my favourite top to Nick, by the time we reached Sydney I changed my two sweaters and strappy top for a T-shirt, scarf and Geoff’s hoody.
Early mornings (before 11) am are not Maddison’s thing and we had left at just gone 9 am, so by the time we had travelled to Christchurch – there was no snow left on the roads but the pavements were a little treacherous for South Africans who hadn’t seen much snow before, been round a mall, had a KFC Winter warmer for lunch and flown to Sydney she was ready to admit she needed a shower! Luckily for her our memento for Sidney airport was a towel so she availed herself of the facilities there. At present she hasn’t slept since we got her up ( about 31 hours as I sit here in Dubai airport at 7 am local time) and is less coherent than usual to talk too.
Our travel agenda avoided disembarking at Bangkok by catching a later flight from Sydney on a two decker air bus, Geoff peaked up the stairs into to special place and could see a waterfall but was allowed no further. The meals and standard of comfort on Emirates is very good, as is the choice of films or TV programs. Maddison watched Disney classics and the Simpsons while Geoff watched a couple of films and I watched episodes from Lie to Me and Greys Anatomy.
We will be sitting here at Dubai until 1500 after arriving about 5:15 am so I will recharge the nanopod and sort out the photos from the small camera that Maddison took on camp. Here are some of my favourite shots from New Zealand at the moment . . . .
Anyway there are more than enough to make screen savers for the next few months.
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