12th January 2023
Most of the day was spent in transit from Bangkok to Auckland, via Sydney. It involved quite a few hours waiting around airports as well as actually flying but, thankfully it all went smoothly and we arrived safe and in one piece just before 3.00pm in the afternoon at Auckland.
First time back in Aotearoa me Te Waipounamu for me in many, many moons. Michael has been here more recently than me but even that was some time ago.
We had a wonderful surprise when we walked through into the arrivals hall of the airport. My cousin, Lynette, whom I last saw a very long time ago early in the 1960’s, was waiting to meet us. What a lovely start to our stay in New Zealand! We connected immediately. Thank you, Lynette ❤️
We are staying overnight in the Novotel which is right across the road from the airport to recover from the journey before starting our NZ part of the journey.
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