26 April 2008

The plane left on time at around 7pm. I think it was slightly newer than the Delhi to Singapore one. The whole thing seemed a little cleaner and fresher. My tele even worked. As I knew that they staff would be serving dinner shortly, I took in a movie. The children around me were a mixed bag. A few of them dropped off to sleep about the same time the plane lifted off. One little boy was very unhappy for most of the trip. I thought I might take in another movie to wait for the boy to settle. Hmmmmm, maybe another movie? Once I had passed my third movie, my eyes were about to pop out and fall on the floor. The only thing holding them in was my glasses. Even they didn’t seem to be working any more. Somewhere in the flight, I fell into a sleep of sorts. It seemed like a short time later all the lights came on again so the staff could serve breakfast. Oh well, maybe another movie. The movie was just finishing when we landed. Yeeeee Ha!!!!!!!! There’s nothing better than seeing the country where you live lurch up to meet your aircraft and say hi. (Well, there is meeting your family of course.)
Customs was a real breeze. It was so nice to see a New Zealand official, I almost wanted to go up and give him a bear hug but I’m not sure he would see the significance. As I was waiting for my bags, I was watching this little beagle dog racing around sniffing all the bags. He looked like he was enjoying his job. He came over to say hello to my Laptop bag, discovered the bag wasn’t interested and moved on to another.
So now I’m home. It has been a very interesting experience. If you were to ask me if I would like to go again, I would have to say I would not treat this as my prime destination for a holiday. Work maybe. (Its always nice to see something finished and working).


Thanks for taking the time to follow through on this blog. It’s been fun sharing this trip with you.