And so it begins...

A tearful farewell to mum and David was always in the script. They have been so amazing to us and most impressively managed to put up with us for the last few weeks - Thank you x

And then it began. Felt weird really. Been in the planning for many months and in the dreams for even longer. Passport, boarding pass, and 7kg's of belongings is all we have to our names. Was it daunting, a little. Exciting? Absolutely!

Caught the largest plane in the world - A380 out to Singapore. Got seats on the top deck - only ever been on the top deck of a bus and ship before so the plane makes it a tidy hat trick.

Movies on a tiny screen cause predictable headaches, and the food raises equally predictable doubts at weather eating Chicken Sausages and an eggy swiss roll for breakfast is normal :-/

Quick turn around at Singapore after the first 12 hours and kick on with the next 8 immediately. It is definitely the way to do it. Wouldn't wanted to have spent ages waiting around. Soon enough, after 3 or 4 hours of dozy-nodding-off-floppy-head syndrome, before you know it its over.....You're there.... In NEW ZEALAND! :-)