Hello everyone! Well, our last two days in New Zealand were cloudy, drizzly and cold! We managed a trip to Akaroa on the Banks Peninsula yesterday, Thursday, but the high scenic route across the middle was shrouded in cloud so wasn't so very scenic after all! Returned van number two early this morning and Rod gave the manager a good old talking to about the state of the vans! She seemed genuinely shocked that they'd been let out seemingly without their standar...

Here we are at Changi airport in Singapore. It's 4.00pm here (8.ooam Uk time) on Tuesday. Didn't get much sleep on the flight - John and Mary were playing Bookworm most of the night! Several hours to kill here among the orchids. Airport is amazing - you could have a holiday here. Flight this evening to Christchurch is at 7.45pm. Hope all's well at home. xxx John says...I'm guessing Dave H might not get to read this, but someone tell him I totally agree about Sin...