Arrived on Waiheke island yesterday evening after an epic journey. Like zombies on the ferry and got picked up by Tim from Moana Vista who drove us back to the B&B and delivered tea and shortbread to our room. I was ready to go straight to bed at about 8, but C insisted that we should have a jacuzzi first, which I'll admit, was worth the effort. Then passed out at about 10pm, only for both of us to wake up at 1:15 feeling wide awake. Fortunately, C had had th...

24 hours after taking off from Heathrow, we are now in Sydney airport and dosing up on caffeine to try and help our bodies adjust to the time difference. The flights were, thankfully, non-eventful. There was no upgrade, even though the nice lady at Heathrow put a note on our 'file' to say we were newlyweds & that it was my birthday. So we cattle classed it all the way, even though BA's World Traveller Class makes it sound a bit more glam. The revelation o...

Still in bed. Cerys' birthday! Woot! But soon we will be heading into the unknown. Well. Heathrow to start. That's not that unknown. But then refuel in Singapore. Not that unknown either. But then! Well, change plane in Sydney. And finally, some time in the distant future, we will land in Auckland. And though many people do know it, neither myself or my good wife have ever been there and it'll be the beginning of a big adventure. What fun! But for now, a bit more...