Home at last

We meet our driver at the departure lounge and we are soon aboard the mini-bus home.  It's really nice to be somewhere where the air is a decent temperature, Singapore Airlines seem to keep the planes at the same temp as Singapore.
Amazingly the drive round the M25 in pouring rain at rush hour is pretty quick and soon we are home.  My lovely parents have left us bread, milk and food - so all we need to do is open the post, start the unpacking and sleep.

That's it, the holiday is over. So, what have we learned?:

• Don't fly Singapore Airlines. if you want to lose weight 
• For some reason sandals are called Jandals in the antipodes. 
• Kaikoura is not pronounced remotely like how it is spelt 
• Dolphins hate us
• Rain loves us 
• Penguins are really cool 
• Whales are wonderful
• Sealions love surfing 
• "Sweet As" is Kiwi for "Yes I concur"  
• Mount John is not just an instruction
• Mount Cook likes to hide
• We are rubbish at packing
•  Anywhere that has the pie as it's major culinary art form is fine by me. 
• Vegetarians are just fussy eaters who should stop their whining and have a steak pie. 
• New Zealand aint half pretty 

On a personal note,  I am amazed that my lovely wife has managed to put up with my company 24/7 for the entire 24 days without going completely mad.  Also how well she faced many personal fears and bravely overcame them, she has been very brave - I am proud of her and love her very much.

Thanks also to everyone who read these ramblings,  I hope they have provided some amusement.
Chris