So this morning we got ourselves up at 6 so we had time for breakfast up in the Windjammer before reporting with the remains of our belongings to the ice rink, ready to disembark. We forwarded through migration, collected our suitcases and then went through customs and out to the taxi rank where we were ushered into a gleaming white Mercedes taxi. We arrived at the Grand Mercure Roxy and went to check in, very aware that it was only 8.30 in the morning and that o...

So this morning I woke early (more nightmares) and watched as we made our way down the Straits of Malacca. We just motored down ever so slowly, and continued to do so, passing the western parts of Singapore whilst we were having brekky. We also saw Bridget's mum and her husband Peter at breakfast, which was nice. After brekky we returned to our cabin to do the packing. Urghhh. Tom went down to the foyer on our level and retrieved our passports, then he went ashor...

This morning after brekky we leisurely showered and packed. After checking out we made our way into the station and caught the train to Hamamatsucho where we changed to the monorail to Haneda airport. We were early and waited at our departure gate, watching the plane before ours leave. The little men who had been servicing the plane lined up as it was being pushed out, bowed to the plane and then stood there waving goodbye. From there we caught the plane to Singa...

Happy birthday Oliver!! So sorry we can't be there! We hope school is especially fun for you today, and we know you will love your birthday dinner - with your selection of pork belly, and the look of mum's incredible cake - I think you'll have a marvellous time! We took our time packing this morning, and watched an episode of West Wing while we mentally went through our packing lists, until it was finally time to call a taxi. Chari came up to the station with us ...

After a day that seemed to take forever, driving down to Penrith to drop the little car into the smash repairers, back up to home to finish the packing, and then boarding the train to get us to the International Terminal, leaving the girls at home, we checked in our luggage and tried several times to ring the girls but they were having dinner and had taken the phone off the hook. We finally spoke to them and then proceeded through immigration and on to duty free ...